Personages rush on to the stage and are immediately rushed off in a forest of names such that no one at all is memorable. published by the press syndicate of the university of cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge,UnitedKingdom cambridge university press The EdinburghBuilding, Cambridgecb22ru UK 40 West 20thStreet, New York ny 10011–4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, vic 3166,Australia Ruizde Alarco´n 13, … Career. They own a property near Zamość in south-eastern Poland, a city founded by a family member in the 16th century. Poland: A History is a general history of Poland by Adam Zamoyski. A Concise History of Poland JERZY LUKOWSKI and HUBERT ZAWADZKI. Zamoyski is a freelance historian and author of over a dozen books, including his history of Poland, The Polish Way, and his account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. As with many general histories, it doesn't go into enough depth in places and so feels rushed.