Sobre El Autor
Obras de Thomas M. Eccardt
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 54
- Popularidad
- #299,230
- Valoración
- 2.5
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 2
The book looks at the tiny countries of Andora, Liechtenstein, Luxenbourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City. The names of the countries are the subtitle of Thomas Eccardt's Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe. The smallness of these places causes one to wonder how they survived the ravages of World War II. Maybe it was simply their size. Adolf Hitler likely felt there were bigger fish to fry during his ruthless march across Europe. That seems to be the author's conclusion.
The first result you'll get with a Google search of the author's name reveals that he authored this book. I discovered not in a bad way that the book reads very much much like an encyclopedia, containing compartmentalized chapters about the little countries. Eccardt prefers to refer to these little dots on the map as microstates.
Since the publication date was 2005, some minor dated mentions pop out. Had I hibernated for the past 12 years, I might have gotten impression that Pope John II is still living. That kind of dating was not sufficient enough to detract from the reading pleasure. This book would be great preparation for someone planing a European trip to any of those little countries. You may wish to hurry though, as available copies of this gem are in short supply.… (más)