Stanisław August Poniatowski: A Year of Hope and a Year of Defeat, 1791–1792. Correspondence between Stanisław August Poniatowski and Augustyn Deboli, the Polish envoy in St. Petersburg. 1st Edition

A Year of Hope and a Year of Defeat: 1791–1792. Correspondence between Stanisław August Poniatowski and Augustyn Deboli, the Polish envoy in St. Petersburg

Jerzy Łojek (selection and editing of correspondence) / Stanisław August Poniatowski – author of the letters

Place and year of publication: Warsaw, 1964
Publisher: Czytelnik
Binding: paperback (softcover), with dust jacket
Format: 20.5 cm
Number of pages: 245 + 3 unnumbered pages
Print run: 2,790 pieces

Condition: very good

The book contains a selection of correspondence betweenKing Stanisław August Poniatowski and the Polish envoy in St. Petersburg, Augustyn Deboli, from the years 1791–1792. The letters depict the dramatic period surrounding the adoption of the Constitution of May 3 and the collapse of reforms in the Polish state under pressure from Russia and the Targowica Confederation. The publication offers a behind-the-scenes look at foreign policy, diplomatic activities, and the prevailing mood during the final years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.