<p><strong>An epic history of the 'other' Europe, a place of conflict and coexistence, of faith and folklore.</strong></p><p><strong>'Do not rush to bid farewell to eastern Europe until reading this book. Meticulously researched and beautifully written.&#039; Serhii Plokhy</strong></p><p>Eastern Europe is more than the sum total of its annexations, invasions and independence declarations. From the Baltics to the Balkans, from Prague to Kiev, the area exuded a tragicomic character like no other.</p><p>This is a paean for a disappearing world of movable borders, sacred groves and syncretism. And an invitation to not forget.</p><p>***</p><p><strong>A <em>SPECTATOR</em> BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023</strong></p><p>'An insightful chronicle... distilling more than a decade of research, [Mikanowski] carefully argues that if something marks out Europe's eastern half, it is not homogeneity but wild, glorious diversity.&#039; <strong><em>Economist</em></strong></p><p>'A lively and sweeping history.&#039; <strong><em>Washington Post</em></strong></p><p>'<em>Goodbye Eastern Europe</em> is a thematic history of a divided half-continent, a goulash of imperial histories, shifting frontiers and heartbreaking family stories, spiced with myth and poet-martyrs, and deeply satisfying on the palate... vital and informed.&#039; <strong><em>TLS</em></strong></p>