Poland's last king and English culture Stanislaw August Poniatowski, 1732-1798 - Butterwick, Richard (Clarendon, 1998)
The attempt by Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1764-95) 'to create anew the Polish world' was one of the most audacious enterprises of reform undertaken in the 18th century. With new perspectives on the successes and limitations of the Polish Enlightenment this book presents a dynamic interpretation of European culture in the eighteenth century
Includes bibliographical references and index