The Middle Kingdoms
A New History of Central Europe

This made me think of those giant jigsaw puzzles of yesteryear. Are they still around—the ones of famous paintings that used to come flat in a box—the Haywains and the Laughing Cavaliers? I remember the easy bits here and there that I could snap together pretty well from memory. But then came the re......more

Istorinės knygos būna dviejų tipų – tos, labiau tokios akademinės, kurias skaitant kankina tokia sausra, kad norisi alaus bokalo, ir kitos, labiau populiariai bandančios papasakoti tą patį. Ši – tokia, kaip ir nagrinėjamas objektas, per vidurį. Vis tik gal kiek labiau nusvyranti į akademinę pusę, be......more

Rady is a good introduction to the the history of Mitteleuropa. He begins with the Romans and the various migrations that swept across the continent. He includes Germany (and the western Rhinelands), which I don't typically include in Central Europe; perhaps that is post WWII thinking on my part. As......more

First of all this has nothing to do with China. The Kingdoms that Rady writes about are those in Central Europe. It begins with those provinces of the Roman Empire that were south of the Danube, After the fall of Rome, many of the countries that survived, such as parts of the Holy Roman Empire, Pol......more

Labai reikalingas darbas aprašyti centrinės Europos istoriją, randant bendrus vardiklius šiam, ir mūsų, regionui. Tačiau išpildymas nekoks. Galbūt per sunku vienoje knygoje apimti tiek daug istorinių gijų. Viskas per daug chaotiška ir gaunasi paviršutiniškai.......more