3 Quotes by Adam Zamoyski

The democratic and civic instinct in that part of Europe today is largely the product of the two decades of freedom secured by Piłsudski and his armies on the Vistula in 1920.

Duke Leszek the White explained in a long letter to the Pope that neither he nor any self-respecting Polish knight could be induced to go to the Holy Land, where, they had been informed, there was no wine, mead, or even beer to be had.

While Jefferson and the Republicans made light of the excesses of the Revolution in France, the Federalists were horrified to see America’s sister-republic and erstwhile ally descend into lawlessness.