Norman Davies

Vanished Kingdoms, The History of Half-Forgotten Europe (2000)

I tend to read books fairly quickly, so if it isn't a deep science book and it takes me ca. 3 months to finish, this is an indicator, that I didn't find the book a hugely interesting read.I like detailed histories about people and nations and this one was about parts of history you generally don'...

Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw (2004)

It has amazed me in my further educating myself about all things Polish that so much of the history of the Poles in (and post) World War II has been suppressed and/or distorted. The Katyn massacres were only finally acknowledged over a half century after they occurred. The whole "big politics" pi...

Europe (1998)