History of Poland

Hello all,

I'm looking for a good volume on the history of Poland. I've tried "God's Playground" by Norman Davies. I got through Vol I, but I'm really struggling with Vol II.

These are good books in their way, lots of good information and I liked the approach Davies took in Vol I (although the level of detail on individuals is part of the trouble I have with it). The second volume however, seems to take a more traditional approach and still involves wading through an incredible amount of detail on individuals and events the author seems to assume I should know about ( perhaps I should be I must admit I don't ).

So I'm looking for something that would take a similar approach to Vol I, examining the cultural influences, and political currents over time but perhaps from a bigger picture level than Davis' vol I.

By Zamoyski. Good survey volume. However, that's where most of my reading mostly stops. Given the length and richness of Poland's history, you likely are going to have to be specific as to a specific time period or era.

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On Edit: I know this is a bit late in answering, but this was a good question.

Professor Emeritus at Yale.

Piotr S. Wandycz is a noted authority on eastern and central European history.

A member of the Polish Academy of Sciences; his many other honors include the Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta.

A good example of his work is:



Dobre szczęście!