Norman Davies was for many years Professor of History at the School of Slavonic Studies, University of London. He is the author of the acclaimed Vanished Kingdoms- The History of Half-Forgotten Europe (2011) and the Number One bestseller Europe- A History (1996). His previous books, which include Rising '44- The Battle for Warsaw (2003), The Isles- A History (1999) and God's Playground- A History of Poland (1981), have been translated worldwide. From 1997 to 2004 he was Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford; he is now Professor at the Jagiellonian University at Krak w, and an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy. He lives in Oxford and Krak w.%%%Norman Davies is the author of the No 1 best-seller Europe- a History (1996), Microcosm- Portrait of a European City (with Roger Moorhouse) and Rising '44- the Battle for Warsaw (date). From 1997-2006 he was Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford; he is now Professor at the Jagiellonian University at Cracow, an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford and a life member of Clare Hall and Peterhouse, Cambridge.

He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and lives in Oxford and Cracow.%%% Norman Davies was for many years Professor of History at the School of Slavonic Studies, University of London. He is the author of the acclaimed Vanished Kingdoms- The History of Half-Forgotten Europe (2011) and the number one bestseller Europe- A History (1996). His previous books, which include Rising '44- The Battle for Warsaw (2003), The Isles- A History (1999) and God's Playground- A History of Poland (1981), have been translated worldwide. From 1997 to 2004 he was Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford; he is now Professor at the Jagiellonian University at Krak w, an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and lives in Oxford and Krak w.