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Article: The Polish Captivity: An Account of the Present Position of the Poles in the Kingdom of Poland, and in the Polish Provinces of Austria, Prussia, and Russia.(Book review)
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- September 1, 2005
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The Polish Captivity
An Account of the Present Position of the Poles in the Kingdom of Poland, and in the Polish Provinces of Austria, Prussia, and Russia
2 vols. London: Wm. Allen & Co., Waterloo Place, S.W., 1863. Vol. 1, 353 pages, vol. 2, 372 pages. Index, illustrations. Hardcover.
Chapter 1: Finis Poloniae
This book is not written in order to prove that what Joseph Lemaistre, probably the greatest Conservative and supporter of order, and, at the same time, one of the greatest admirers of Russia that ever existed, called "the execrable partitions of Poland" was indeed execrable; or, to come to what concerns England in a more direct ...