Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland is a book about history of Poland, written by the English historian Norman Davies. It was published by Oxford University Press in 1984.Lewitter, L. R. “Norman Davies. Heart of Europe. A Short History of Poland. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1984. Pp. Xxi, 511.” Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 1: Poles and Jews: Renewing the Dialogue, edited by ANTONY POLONSKY, Liverpool University Press, 2004, pp. 336–37. Second edition with a changed subtitle, Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present, was published in 2001. The book was translated to Polish as Serce Europy. Krótka historia Polski in 1995.
It contains a series of essays by Davies about Polish history. New York Times in 1984 called it "another masterpiece", following his earlier work on Poland.
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External links
Heart of Europe at Norman Davies official homepage