'This is a book that every historian in Romania dreams of writing: absorbing in its narrative and wide ranging in terms of its sources, yet perfectly integrated within Romanian national historiography … Hitchins is possibly Romania's greatest living historian.' Marius Turda, H-Net Reviews

• Introduction; 1. Beginnings; 2. Between East and West, 14th century to 1774; 3. From East to West, 1774–1866; 4. The national state, 1866–1919; 5. Peace and war, 1919–47; 6. Romanian Communism, 1948–89; 7. After 1989.

'This is a book that every historian in Romania dreams of writing: absorbing in its narrative and wide ranging in terms of its sources, yet perfectly integrated within Romanian national historiography … Hitchins is possibly Romania's greatest living historian.' Marius Turda, H-Net Reviews

• Introduction; 1. Beginnings; 2. Between East and West, 14th century to 1774; 3. From East to West, 1774–1866; 4. The national state, 1866–1919; 5. Peace and war, 1919–47; 6. Romanian Communism, 1948–89; 7. After 1989.

'This is a book that every historian in Romania dreams of writing: absorbing in its narrative and wide ranging in terms of its sources, yet perfectly integrated within Romanian national historiography … Hitchins is possibly Romania's greatest living historian.' Marius Turda, H-Net Reviews

• Introduction; 1. Beginnings; 2. Between East and West, 14th century to 1774; 3. From East to West, 1774–1866; 4. The national state, 1866–1919; 5. Peace and war, 1919–47; 6. Romanian Communism, 1948–89; 7. After 1989.