num_pages: 264
description: Colin Leckey embarked on a quixotic quest to visit Europe's five smallest states (Liechtenstein San Marino the Vatican City Monaco and Andorra) and two smallest self-governing territories (the Faroe Islands and Gibraltar). Along the way he hoped to discover the secrets behind their proud and enduring sovereignty in an increasingly borderless globalised world. He did and also found abseiling sheep armies that clock off for lunch and monkeys that'd have your belongings for breakfast as soon as look at you. Not to mention feudal monarchies puffins for dinner and a disturbingly large number of stamp museums. Colin Leckey was born in Lancaster a town with a population larger than all of the countries on his trip except Andorra. He has lived in south London for the past five years. This is his first book (writing not reading).
language: English
title: Dots on the Map: Visiting Europe's Accidents of History
publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited