A review by klreeher
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies

Did not finish book. Stopped at 58%.

This audiobook may make a better read -- the author's approach is scattershot enough i keep losing the thread of the context, esp when he's going on a tangent about how x is a good parallel to y. It's also got the feeling of -- hm. I don't think I'm coming away with the industry standard understanding of all of these histories? Which isn't to say the history presented is incorrect, just that I don't feel like I can necessarily place what it's in conversation with, particularly if I *want* to figure out what the consensus of current scholarship is on a point.  
Fascinating, but I need more backstory before I try to reread.