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Poland michener5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() A century-and-a-half later, the current count sends a Bukowski/Buk duo to spy on the Teutonic Knights who threaten po. In the 1200s these Poles are ravaged by Tatar raids, with the Polish "abhorrence of central power" one cause of the region's vulnerability. Then it's back, back, to the 13th century-when Buk's ancestors are downtrodden peasants, Bukowski's are the local feudal lords, and above them are the fully noble Counts Lubonski. The saga begins with a talky 1981 confrontation, in the village of Bukowo on the Vistula, between farm-union leader Janko Buk and Communist agriculture minister Szymon Bukowski. to the present, but with little of the uplifting, dynastic sweep of this mechanical Michener-format at his best. ![]() ![]() The dullest, if timeliest, history lesson yet from Michener Junior College-following three Polish clans (noble, petty-noble, peasant) from 1204 A.D. ![]()
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