Warsaw 1944 - The Fateful Uprising

The traumatic story of one of the last major battles of World War II, in which the Poles fought off German troops and police, street by street, for sixty-three days.

About the author

Alexandra Richie is the author of the critically acclaimed ‘Faust’s Metropolis: A History of Berlin’. Dr Richie received her DPhil at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and was later a Fellow of Wolfson College. She has lectured on international politics and history across the world, from Warsaw University to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. She lives in Warsaw with her husband and two children.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Richie, Richie Alexandra
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9780007180431
• ISBN: 978-0-00-718043-1
• No. of pages: 752
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 47 mm
• Series: William Collins
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Poland, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, General & world history, Second World War, General and world history, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust