The eastern Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia were for centuries subject to conquest and domination, and their histories are little understood in the larger world. Here Egremont tells the stories of the figures who inhabited this region: warriors and victims, philosophers and Baltic barons, poets and artists, rebels and emperorsâand more
What The Reviewers Say
Ian Thomson,
Financial Times (UK)
... fascinating.
Tom Ball,
The Times (UK)
... [a] fascinating account.
Kirkus
The rich and tragic history of an obscure part of the world.