KP: The spy Andrzej Kowerski/Andrew Kennedy once made the ironic remark that the wartime emigration was a positive thing as it provided “a good mix of Polish fantasy and British phlegm.” In what respects was growing up outside Poland a help or a hindrance to you as a historian of Central Europe?ĪZ: A huge help. He is married to the painter Emma Sergeant. This spring he published Poland: A History, a reworked and extended take on his classic The Polish Way. His first book, a biography of Chopin, was published in 1979, and he has since penned many acclaimed works, including the bestselling 1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow. He is chairman of the Czartoryski Foundation, which, together with the National Museum, administers Krakow’s Museum of the Czartoryski Princes. Although raised amongst post-war émigrés in London, historian Adam Zamoyski now divides his time between England and Poland.
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