Hinterlands : Journeys through Europe's Unfinished Frontiers: A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER - Hannah Lucinda Smith Genre:Europe with a glam

with a glam

all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is (and to watch its favorite show in its downtime

The inhabitants - former members of MI6 - are sent here to be forgotten

while Tennyson waxes lyrical on an Arabian night garden

'Moreish' GUARDIAN

Hinterlands : Journeys through Europe's Unfinished Frontiers: A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER - Hannah Lucinda Smith Genre:Europe with a glamEssential reading for anyone seeking to understand Europe of today and tomorrow' PETER FRANKOPAN'Brilliantly reported and sharply analysed' GIDEON RACHMANLong before Putin's invasion of Ukraine, conflict was simmering on Europe's borders. In overlooked territories in eastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean and the Caucasus from the Balkans and Cyprus to Abkhazia on the fringes of Georgia local disputes spiral into regional crises, global alliances