Davies Norman. Vanished Kingdoms. The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

Penguin, 2011. — 581 p.Tolosa: Sojourn of the Visigoths (AD 418–507)
Alt Clud: Kingdom of the Rock (Fifth to Twelfth Centuries)
Burgundia: Five, Six or Seven Kingdoms (c. 411–1795)
Aragon: A Mediterranean Empire (1137–1714)
Litva: A Grand Duchy with Kings (1253–1795)
Byzantion: The Star-lit Golden Bough (330–1453)
Borussia: Watery Land of the Prusai (1230–1945)
Sabaudia: The House that Humbert Built (1033–1946)
Galicia: Kingdom of the Naked and Starving (1773–1918)
Etruria: French Snake in the Tuscan Grass (1801–1814)
Rosenau: The Loved and Unwanted Legacy (1826–1918)
Tsernagora: Kingdom of the Black Mountain (1910–1918)
Rusyn: The Republic of One Day (15 March 1939)
Éire: The Unconscionable Tempo of the Crown's Retreat since 1916
СССР: The Ultimate Vanishing Act (1924–1991)