"This encyclopedic book is the definitive work on the 51 nations that make up the world's smallest continent, from its largest (Russia) to four nations inside Italy, three of them shown for the first time (Montenegro, Seborga and Sov. Military Order of Malta). A century ago, Europe had only 26 countries, most of them monarchies, only half of which remain today. Over the following eight decades, nine more nations were born and with the break-up of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, 15 more countries emerged onto the world scene. Many countries have two horoscopes - one for its original monarchy, the other for its transition to democracy. France and Germany have many charts from their emergence in the Middle Ages down to the present. Charts for the Roman Republic and Empire are also shown. The Eurasian countries of the Caucasus have also been included as they straddle Europe and Asia as do the countries of Russia and Turkey. Charts for more than 135 European cities have also been included. Appendix A has horoscopes for every member of the European Union, while Appendix B has the author's rectified birth times for most cities shown in this book. This appendix also has the author's speculative birth dates for the cities of London and Paris."