audiobook Lincoln Speeches (Penguin Civic Classics) by Abraham Lincoln in History

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From the bestselling author of Europe: A History comes a uniquely ambitious masterpiece that will thrill fans of lost civilizationsWhile Germany; Italy; France; and England dominate our conceptions of Europe; these modern states are relatively recent constructs. In this brilliant work of historical reconstruction; Norman Davies brings back to life the long-forgotten empire of Aragon; which once controlled the Western Mediterranean; the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; once the largest country in Europe; and the Kingdom of the Rock; founded by ancient Britons when neither England nor Scotland existed. In the tradition of Jared Diamond's Guns; Germs; and Steel; Davies subverts our established view of the past and urges us to reconsider the impetus for the rise and fall of nations.