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Description edit
Like the heroic land that is its subject, James Michener's POLAND teems with vivid events and unforgettble characters. In the sweeping span of eight tumultuous centuries, three Polish families live out their destinies and the drama of a nation--in the grand tradition of a great James Michener... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Wiktor Bukowski: Add a description of this character.
- Count Lubonski
- Feliks
- Zygmunt
- Janko Buk
- Marjorie
- Lukasz
- Pawel
- Von Eschl
- Jan Sobieski
- Jadwiga
- Szymon Bukowski
- Krzysztof
- Lubonsld
- Piotr
- Barbara
- Kara Mustafa
- Elzbieta
- Chalubinski
- Bukowsld
- Tomczyk
- Lubomirski
- Konrad Krumpf
- Catherine
- Jan Buk
- Krystyna Szprot
- Lubomirska
- Otto Grundtz
- Paderewski
- Cyprjan
- Zofia
- Biruta
- Ludwik
- Miroslawa
- Chopin
- Barski
- Vuldai
- Kazimir
- Ossolinski
- Katarzyna
- Madame Bukowska
- Anton
Setting & Locations edit
- Poland
- Vienna
- Prussia
- Warsaw
- Krakow
- Europe
- Bukowo
- Austria
- Germany
- Vistula
- Paris
- France
- Lithuania
- Zamosc
- London
- Hungary
- Lublin
- Castle Gorka
- Ukraine
- Kiev
- Berlin
- Seym
- America
- Majdanek
- Sweden
- England
- Lwow
- Moscow
- Rome
- Italy
- Czechoslovakia
- Kosciuszko
- Chicago
- Czestochowa
- Turkey
- Krzyztopor
- Galicia
- Lancut
- Asia
- Mniszech
- Holbein
- Transylvania
- Field Four
- New York
- Przemysl
- Sandomierz
- Bohemia
- Auschwitz
First Sentence edit
In a small Polish farm community, during the fall planting season of 1981, events occured which electrified the world, sending reverberations of magnitude to capitals as diverse as Washington, Peking and especially Moscow.
Table of Contents edit
1. Buk versus Bukowski
2. From the East
3. From the West
4. From the North
5. From the South
6. The Golden Freedom
7. Mazurka
8. Shattered Dreams
9. The Terror
10. Bukowski versus Buk
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1983. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Star Wars : Return of the Jedi, and followed by Pet Sematary.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James A. Michener (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1983
ISBN: 0-449-20587-8
Page Count: 616
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1983
ISBN: 0-449-20587-8
Page Count: 616
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 301
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