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Book Synopsis''Thrillingly unique, knowledgeable, perceptive and profound'' IAN DUNT
''A light-footed journey along the fault lines of history.'' KATJA HOYER
The history of Europe told through twenty-nine key borders that define the past, present and future of our continent
Europe''s internal borders have rarely been ''natural''; they have more often been created by accident or force.
In Borderlines, political historian Lewis Baston journeys along twenty-nine key borders from west to east Europe, examining how the map of our continent has been redrawn over the last century, with varying degrees of success. The fingerprints of Napoleon, Alexander I, Castlereagh, Napoleon III and Bismarck are all there, but today''s map of Europe is mostly the work of the Allies in 1919 and Stalin in 1945.
To journey to the centre of the story of Europe, Baston takes us to its edges, bringing to life the fascinating and often bizarre histories o
