Polish-British historian who wrote Warsaw 1920, Holy Madness, Napoleon: A Life, and Phantom Terror — known for revisionist, pro-Polish historical perspectives and his comprehensive biography of Napoleon that emphasizes the human dimensions of the emperor.
Provides the Polish perspective in Anglophone history — his work on Poland (Warsaw 1920, Poland: A History) corrects the systematic underrepresentation of Polish history in Western historiography — and his Napoleon biography restores the complexity and humanity beneath the myth.
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