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BartłomiejBeniowski,1800-1867
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IamawarethatthisstudyofBeniowski)slifeisinalllikelihoodaddressed
totwodifferentaudiences:tothoseinterestedinBritishlabourhistoryand19th-
centuryinternationalism,andtothoseconcernedwithPolishpoliticalpatterns
beforeandduringtheNovemberRevolutionandamongtherefugeesofthe
GreatEmigration.Althoughthesetwogroupsarenotnecessarilymutually
exclusive,IhaveatdifferentstagesinBeniowski)scareerfacedtheriskoffalling
betweenthetwostoolsofstatingtheobviousorflounderinginamireof
unexplainedbackgroundfactors.Ihavedonemybesttoprovidehintsand
signpostsbutknowthatthismayoftenproveinadequateandunsatisfactory.
Ihavenot,forexample,attemptedtoofferencyclopaedicinformationonthe
politicalcircumstancesofthepost-partitionPolishterritories,despitethefact
thatmostoftheavailableliteratureisinPolish.Therearehoweverseveralgood
generalstudiesofPolishhistoryinEnglishthatcoverthemodernperiod,
includingtheratherelderlyCambridgeHistoryofPoland.
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Morerecently,there
isNormanDavies)sGod!sPlayground.AHistoryofPoland.
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OntheNovember
Uprising,R.F.Leslie)sPolishPoliticsandtheRevolutionofNovember1830
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is
aninterestinganddetailedEnglish-languageaccountoftheeventsthatformthe
backgroundtothefirstthreechaptersofthepresentstudy.
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ed.W.F.Reddawayetal.,CUP,Cambridge1950.
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ClarendonPress,Oxford,1981.
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UniversityofLondon,AthlonePress,London1956.
