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      Copyright © Adam Zamoyski Ltd 2009

      The Polish Way published by John Murray in 1987

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      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

MAPS

TABLES

NOTE ON POLISH PRONUNCIATION

PREFACE

ONE: People, Land and Crown

TWO: Between East and West

THREE: The Jagiellon Experience

FOUR: Religion and Politics

FIVE: Kingdom and Commonwealth

SIX: The Reign of Erasmus

SEVEN: Democracy versus Dynasty

       EIGHT: Champions of God

       NINE: A Biblical Flood

       TEN: Morbus Comitialis

       ELEVEN: The Reign of Anarchy

       TWELVE: Renewal

       THIRTEEN: Gentle Revolution

       FOURTEEN: Armed Struggle

       FIFTEEN: Insurgency

       SIXTEEN: The Polish Question

       SEVENTEEN: Captivity

       EIGHTEEN: Nation-Building

       NINETEEN: The Polish Republic

       TWENTY: War

       TWENTY-ONE: The Cost of Victory

       TWENTY-TWO: Trial and Error

       TWENTY-THREE: Papal Power

       TWENTY-FOUR: The Third Republic

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