Quotes by : Norman Davies

The title ‘Lord of All-Rus'’ did not possess much basis either in history or in current reality.....

He might be better considered as an exponent of Tartar financial, military, and political methods, who....

I first heard of General Anders and his army more than 50 years ago. I admired him then, and I admire....

To make his point, Ivan staged a sensational demonstration. Some time before Christmas he had arrested....

The historical profession is nowhere famous for its tolerance, but there are not many countries where....

The shores of the Black Sea lend themselves to the literary genre that may be classified as 'cultural....

Reconstructing the past is rather like translating poetry. It can be done, but never exactly.

The Fascist utopia, like that of the Communists, was false, and generated immense suffering. But there....

It is indeed the duty of historians to stress the contrast betweenthe standards of the past and the standards....