Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present
by Norman Davies
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Author: Norman DaviesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08-23
ISBN: 0192801260
Number of pages: 520
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: An excellent and highly readable history of Poland
Summary: 4 Stars
Norman Davies's great skill is writing detailed history that keeps general readers interested, while not skimping on academic detail. In this book, he has condensed his two-volume masterpiece "God's Playground" into a form more suitable for generalists. The result is a triumph - a brief but highly enjoyable history, enlivened by Davies's dry wit and a treasury of pertinent anecdotes. Poland's magnificent and tragic history is portrayed here in its full range and scope, neither glorifying the Poles as eternal martyrs for freedom, nor slandering them as backward xenophobes.
Given the widespread public ignorance of Polish history, and the sensitivity of Poles to external comment on it, the greatest accolade for Davies must surely be that the Polish translation of God's Playground has been selected as the official history textbook for use in Polish schools.
This new edition of Heart of Europe includes new material on the changes in Poland since 1989.
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