MID  SIZE SOFT COVER WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGEThe book is predominately set in Poland and tells the story of theTarnowski family, starting just before the First World War and ending slightly after the collapse of the Communist regime.

The Tarnowskis were members of the Polish szlatchy (the landed gentry) and Andrew's family was a cadet branch (minor line) of that family.

The principal estate belonging to the family was Rudnik, which was located in that part of Poland, which before independence, had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In many ways the Tarnowski family were the equivalent of the Tory landed gentry but with a Polish twist