''Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland'' is a book about history of Poland, written by the English historian

Norman Davies Ivor Norman Richard Davies (born 8 June 1939) is a Welsh-Polish historian, known for his publications on the history of Europe, Poland and the United Kingdom. He has a special interest in Central and Eastern Europe and is UNESCO Professor at ...

. It was published by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

in 1984. Second edition with a changed subtitle, ''Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present'', was published in 2001. The book was translated to Polish as ''Serce Europy. Krótka historia Polski'' in 1995. It contains a series of essays by Davies about Polish history. ''New York Times'' in 1984 called it "another masterpiece", following his earlier work on Poland.

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