Adam Stefan Zamoyski – krzewiciel polskich tradycji i wartości patriotycznych

The article presents dr Adam Stefan Zamoyski, a known historian, biographer, author of many books and articles about Polish and European history. Two major bestsellers are the history of Poland: je Polish Way and 1812. Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow and its sequel Rites of Peace. His books have been translated into Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Persian as well as into most of the European languages. His comprehensive history of Poland, je Polish Way, not only featured in the best-seller lists for several weeks when it came out in 1987, but has never been out of print since. Zamoyski has also contributed to all the major British papers and periodicals, as well as lecturing widely in England, Europe and the United States. Alongside his professional activities, Adam Zamoyski has always been profoundly concerned with cultural heritage, its preservation and popularisation. He has worked on a number of projects, including the restoration and revaluation of the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków. Adam Zamoyski is a member of many charities, e.g. Polish Association of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of Malta. In 1991 he established the Foundation of St John of Jerusalem in Warsaw, the rst charitable organ of the Order of Malta in Poland. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, of the Royal Society of Arts, and of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2012 Adam Stefan Zamoyski received the honorary doctorate of the Polish University Abroad in London.