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ISBN: HB: 9780300252200

Yale University Press

November 2020

416 pp.

23.5x15.6 cm

32 colour illus., 8 maps

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£30,00
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Light and Flame

Richard Butterwick tells the compelling story of the last decades of one of Europe's largest and least understood polities: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Drawing on the latest research, Butterwick vividly portrays the turbulence the Commonwealth experienced. Far from seeing it as a failed state, he shows the ways in which it overcame the stranglehold of Russia and briefly regained its sovereignty, the crowning success of which took place on 3 May 1791 – the passing of the first Constitution of modern Europe.

About the Author

;Richard Butterwick is professor of Polish-Lithuanian history at University College London. He is the author of "Poland's Last King and English Culture" and "The Polish Revolution and the Catholic Church, 1788-1792".