Good morning Crystalgaze.
I just LOVE books & my husband & I have, between us, not far from 3000 of them on a rage of different subjects!
One that I carry around all the time is 'Poland A History', by Adam Zamoyski, (Count Adam Stefan Zamoyski), Hardback. Harper Press. £15.99. 426 pages.
My husband brought it for me a couple of years ago & while its hard & heavy reading at the same time Adam goes back to the time dot when Poland first came about & the horrendous amount of trouble & stress that was tossed into this beautiful & hard working country. They are the original bully victims!
He is himself Polish & royal at that & his amazing Zamoyski family are in there too through the generations. It's a top-of-the rage-book & he also has a wacky sense of humour which occasionally comes out in a couple of things he said!
Happy reading! Jamie.