Regarding your final point about small nations with extraordinary stories, “Vanished Kingdoms” by Norman Davies covers many fascinating and forgotten crevices of Europe. There is a bit of repetition, at times, but the cumulative effect is to completely dash received notions of cultural and political borders.
There’s also Travels with Herodotus by Ryzard Kapuscinski.
Regarding your final point about small nations with extraordinary stories, “Vanished Kingdoms” by Norman Davies covers many fascinating and forgotten crevices of Europe. There is a bit of repetition, at times, but the cumulative effect is to completely dash received notions of cultural and political borders.
Like Wales 🏴
Lovely piece, David.