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Ivor Norman Richard Davies CMG FBA FRHistS (born 8 June 1939) is a British and Polish historian, known for his publications on the history of Europe, Poland and the United Kingdom.
Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw is the title of a documented and illustrated historical account of the Warsaw Uprising by the historian Norman Davies.It was mostly well received by specialists and commentators during its publication.
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe (sometimes referred to with another subtitle as Vanished Kingdoms: Exploring Europe's Lost Realms) is a history book about fourteen former European countries, such as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Kingdom of Aragon and Prussia, written by the English historian Norman Davies.
In the middle, Davies tries to avoid what he calls the bias of "Western Civilization" (the neglect of Eastern Europe), and in the 20th century, he fights the "Allied scheme of history". Davies notes at the end of the preface that the book is "only one from an almost infinite number of histories of Europe that could be written" and that his work ...
God's Playground: A History of Poland is a history book in two volumes written by Norman Davies, covering a 1000-year history of Poland.Volume 1: The origins to 1795, and Volume 2: 1795 to the present first appeared as the Oxford Clarendon Press publication in 1981 and have since been reprinted in multiple times, [1] and translated into Polish as Boże igrzysko : Historia Polski by Elżbieta ...
Taylor, who wrote its foreword, also wrote: "Norman Davies's book is a permanent contribution to historical knowledge and international understanding." Editions [ edit ]
Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory is a history book about World War II in Europe, written by the English historian Norman Davies and first published by Macmillan in 2006. Published sixty years after World War II, Davies argues that a number of misconceptions about the war are still common and then sets out to address them.
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.