· THE LAST KING OF POLAND is a magnificent panorama of one of the saddest periods in Poland's history— Radek Sikorski, DAILY TELEGRAPH. There can be few writers as well qualified as Adam Zamoyski to assess the life and work of Poland's last bltadwin.ru There can be few writers as well qualified as Adam Zamoyski to assess the life and work of Poland's last king. Not only is he a master of the art of biography but he also possesses a sound knowledge of Polish political and cultural history and is able to place it well within a wide European context/5(34). · A superb study of one of the most important, romantic and dynamic figures of European history. 'A fine book the web of political intrigue unfolds like an appetising detective novel' /5(80).
Buy The Last King Of Poland New by Zamoyski, Adam (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. February Both The Last King of Poland and Holy Madness have been reissued by Weidenfeld as trade paperbacks. BREAKING NEWS: Adam Zamoyski now has an author platform on the new Aspects of History website as well as the magazine (published bi-monthly both as Kindle and print edition). Articles, interviews, short stories and much more. Get this from a library! The last king of Poland. [Adam Zamoyski; Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm),; Butler Tanner Ltd.,] -- The last king of Poland owed his throne largely to his youthful romance with the future Catherine the Great of Russia. But Stanislaw Augustus was nobody's pawn. He was an ambitious, highly.
A superb study of one of the most important, romantic and dynamic figures of European history. 'A fine book the web of political intrigue unfolds like an appetising detective novel' Scotsman. The last king of Poland owed his throne largely to his youthful romance with the future Catherine the Great of Russia. There can be few writers as well qualified as Adam Zamoyski to assess the life and work of Poland's last king. Not only is he a master of the art of biography but he also possesses a sound knowledge of Polish political and cultural history and is able to place it well within a wide European context. From ‘The Last King of Poland’ by Adam Zamoyski In the aftermath of the Targowica Confederation and the Second Partition, Stanisław was severely humiliated. Catherine would promise protection of the Polish lands, only to then spout ideas of Russian protection to Polish freedoms – the Golden Freedoms, benefiting a priori mostly magnates – and the need for punishment to the rebels, the Constitutionals.
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