Hi silklisters, I wanted a few recommendations on History books on Baltics (Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania), Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, Hungary and further east) and Southeast Asia (mostly Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). I have visited some of these countries in the past but do not know much about their history (medieval times, colonisation and road to independence). Wikipedia only sates the palata so much.
I would prefer travelogues or biographies as compared to drier documentary reads of history. -- Vinayak
