God's Playground
History book by Norman Davies
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God's Playground: A History of Poland is a history book in two volumes written by Norman Davies, covering a 1000-year history of Poland. Volume 1: The origins to 1795, and Volume 2: 1795 to the present first appeared as the Oxford Clarendon Press publication in 1981 and have since been reprinted multiple times,[1] and translated into Polish as Boże igrzysko: Historia Polski by Elżbieta Tabakowska (2 volumes in 1, with 1183 pages by Znak Publishers of Kraków).[2] Davies was inspired to the title by Jan Kochanowski's 1580s poem Boże igrzysko ("Mankind: Bauble of the Gods").
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| Author | Norman Davies |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | History of Poland |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| OCLC | 416195288 |
The book, which most editions split into two volumes, has received favourable reviews in the international press, and is considered by many historians[3] and other scholars to be one of the best English-language books on the subject of the history of Poland.[citation needed] The author received several Polish honours.[clarification needed]
Selected editions
- English
- God's Playground, Columbia University Press, 1979
- God's Playground, Oxford University Press, 1981, ISBN 0-19-822555-5 (vol. 1), ISBN 0-19-822592-X (vol. 2)
- God's Playground, Columbia University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-231-05350-9 (vol. 1) and ISBN 0-231-05352-5 (vol. 2)
- God's Playground, Columbia University Press, 1983
- God's Playground, Oxford University Press, 1983, ISBN 0-19-821944-X (vol. 2)
- God's Playground, Columbia University Press, 1984, ISBN 0-231-05351-7 (vol.1), ISBN 0-231-05353-3 (vol. 2)
- God's Playground, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-925339-0 (vol. 1) and ISBN 0-19-925340-4 (vol. 2)
- God's Playground, Columbia University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-231-12817-7 (vol. 1), ISBN 0-231-12819-3 (vol. 2)
- Polish
- Boże igrzysko, bibuła edition in the 1980s
- Boże igrzysko, ZNAK 1989, ISBN 83-7006-052-8
- Boże igrzysko, ZNAK 1994, ISBN 83-7006-331-4
- Boże igrzysko, ZNAK 1999
- Boże igrzysko, ZNAK 2006, ISBN 83-240-0654-0