For anyone who likes Adam Zamoyski, I include several very long excerpts from his other book here: http://www.smashcompany.com/philosophy/poland-was-shockingly

For anyone who likes Adam Zamoyski, I include several very long excerpts from his other book here: http://www.smashcompany.com/philosophy/poland-was-shockingly-liberal-in-the-1400s http://www.smashcompany.com/philosophy/poland-was-shockingly... When I started dating a woman from Poland I decided I should learn something about the history of her country, and she recommend Adam Zamoyski to me. I was surprised to learn about Poland. When I wrote “Poland was shockingly liberal during the 1400s” I was expressing my discovery of Poland’s experiment with democracy, which every Pole knows about but few other Westerners know about.