The Last King Of Poland
One of the most important, romantic and dynamic figures of European history
$61.65
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2020
Summary
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. But Stanislaw Augustus was nobody’s pawn. He was an ambitious, highly intelligent and complex character, a dashing figure in the finest eighteenth-century traditi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474615198 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474615198 |
| Author: | Adam Zamoyski |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 134mm x 44mm |
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Intelligent, impressively researched, beautifully written - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
A tragic tale beautifully told. Zamoyski’s prose does not dazzle, nothing is strained, it is cool and pellucid. He is a great writer and his biography is very readable and instructive - FINANCIAL TIMESHis wonderfully fresh and vigorous style carries even the ignorant reader easily through a historical tangle which in most other authors would remain indigestible and wearisome - SPECTATORThis is a book that anyone charged with responsibility, or who cares about power and its use, would do well to read - THE EUROPEANThis sparkling study is both a fascinating biography and a pertinent reminder of the past instability of Eastern Europe - THE TIMESThis is an exhilarating, flawlessly disciplined performance. A biography of the unfortunate Stanislaw Poniatowski, written with tremendous brio and full of shrewd sidelights on the tyrannical imperatives of international politics then and now - OBSERVERAbout The Author
Adam Zamoyski
Adam Zamoyski was born in New York of Polish parents but has lived most of his life in England. He was educated at Downside and Queen’s College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, of the Royal Society of Arts, and of the Royal Society of Literature and has written numerous highly acclaimed historical works.
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