The Story Of Poland
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Wear and tear. Chipped along spine and folds. Significant damage to back of jacket but spine and front in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact but worn with age.
Poland's turbulent past — shaped by invasion, partition, and an almost mythic capacity for national endurance — finds a lucid and authoritative chronicler in Bernard Newman's The Story of Poland. The work presents a sweeping historical narrative of one of Central Europe's most strategically contested nations, tracing the arc of Polish civilisation from its medieval foundations through the catastrophic upheavals of the modern era, complete with 13 maps and 18 historic illustrations to ground the reader in its complex geography and defining moments. Newman, a prolific British author celebrated for his firsthand knowledge of European affairs, brings a journalist's eye and a traveller's intimacy to his subject, rendering grand historical forces through vivid detail and clear prose. His account illuminates the recurring paradox at the heart of the Polish story: a nation repeatedly erased from the map of Europe, yet never extinguished in spirit or identity. Readers drawn to the question of how a people survive the unsurvivable will find this volume a compelling and enduring testament.
Author: Bernard Newman
Format: Hardback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Wear and tear. Chipped along spine and folds. Significant damage to back of jacket but spine and front in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact but worn with age.
Poland's turbulent past — shaped by invasion, partition, and an almost mythic capacity for national endurance — finds a lucid and authoritative chronicler in Bernard Newman's The Story of Poland. The work presents a sweeping historical narrative of one of Central Europe's most strategically contested nations, tracing the arc of Polish civilisation from its medieval foundations through the catastrophic upheavals of the modern era, complete with 13 maps and 18 historic illustrations to ground the reader in its complex geography and defining moments. Newman, a prolific British author celebrated for his firsthand knowledge of European affairs, brings a journalist's eye and a traveller's intimacy to his subject, rendering grand historical forces through vivid detail and clear prose. His account illuminates the recurring paradox at the heart of the Polish story: a nation repeatedly erased from the map of Europe, yet never extinguished in spirit or identity. Readers drawn to the question of how a people survive the unsurvivable will find this volume a compelling and enduring testament.