George Bernard Shaw wrote that on the last day of Creation, 'God desired to crown His work,' and so fashioned the Croatian coastline 'out of tears, stars, and breath.' Anyone who has glimpsed that long, mountainous, island-studded coast would surely agree that its beauty is little short of divine. Croatia, quite simply, is blessed with some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet and in recent years has become a favourite tourist destination. A Traveller's History of Croatia offers tourists and travellers an inside look at the complex roots of Croatian history. The country is a political fusion of Mediterranean, Central European and Italian culture which has given it a tumultuous past. A Traveller's History of Croatia offers tourists and travellers an inside look at the complex roots of Croatian history. The country is a political fusion of Mediterranean, Central European and Italian culture which has given it a tumultuous past. The twentieth century bought new solutions in the founding of Yugoslavia, problems with Croatian nationalism and the horrors of invasion in World War II. Under Tito a new stability came to the region until the battles of the 1990s which were finally resolved with the international recognition of an independent state in 1992.