Adam Zamoyski
The shadow of the Sun King
‘It has been said that Louis XIV invented France and Napoleon made it. Like Napoleon 150 years later, Louis found a country in turmoil and determined to turn it into a functional, modern state’
The Fate Of A Forgotten Ally
Halik Kochanski’s magisterial work on the cruel and chaotic legacy of World War II in Poland is history at its best
Horse Power
Russia Against Napoleon by Dominic Lieven
How I Rewrote Polish History
Poland used to be written off as a failed state. But it has survived Nazism and communism to become a model for Europe
Duped by the Devil
Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West by Lawrence Rees
Carrying water for freedom
Hong Kong’s protestors are brave and, so far, successful. The Chinese Communist Party leadership must be kicking itself
Discussions with a stone wall
Britain’s main gay rights organisation is risking its own future by adopting gender self-ID as its new cause
In the heartlands of white-flag academia
When I tried to find out why my pro-Brexit article was turned down I was rebuffed — showing the intellectual conformism of universities