History of Poland

[YankeyMCC]

Hello all,

I tried this in the "World History" group but had no responses, so I thought I'd give it a try here.

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.

on edit: forgot the "d" at the end of Poland

[Joe_VB]

1. I found that.......

James Mitchner's Poland to be a good introduction to Polish history

[HuckleB]

2. Davies' books are the best, IMHO.

Outside of that, you'll have to go with a partial approach, with books on certain regions and/or cities, I think.