Traditionally the British view of Napoleon has been negative: the insatiable war monger. From a Polish perspective, for example, Napoleon appeared as a liberator and a champion of the Polish cause.
Napoleon could be seen as a genius, dictator, monster or romantic avatar through the eyes of various European countries. Zamoyski’s personal background made him aware of various persistent national perspectives on Napoleon. The shattered European power balance resulted in wars which led to the emergence of four new Great Powers (Russia, Britain, Austria, and Prussia) after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Prince of the Romantics, HarperCollins Publishers, February 2011.In short, the Napoleonic Wars redistributed power relations throughout Europe.
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, HarperCollins, 3 July 2007. Lenin's Failed Conquest of Europe, HarperCollins UK, 4 February 2008. Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow, Harper Perennial, 9 August 2005. 
Romantics, Patriots & Revolutionaries 1776–1871, Penguin, Non-Classics, 25 October 2001. The Polish Air Force in the Second World War, Pen and Sword, Reprint Edition, March 2010.
The Last King of Poland, Phoenix Giant, 14 September 1998. The Polish Way, A Thousand-Year History of the Poles and their Culture, Hippocrene Books, October 1993. His comprehensive history of Poland, "The 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. He is also a distinguished commentator and reviewer, and has contributed to all the major British papers and periodicals and lectured widely in England, Europe and the United States. The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna". Mr ZAMOYSKI has published several other acclaimed books on key figures and aspects of European and world history. Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow" and its sequel "Rites of Peace. Mr Adam ZAMOYSKI is an award-winning British historian and author of the best-selling epic "1812. The lecture was entitled "Is the European Idea Polish? Nationalism and Supranationalism in Polish Political Thought". 
On 17 October 2011, Mr Adam ZAMOYSKI, gave a lecture at Natolin as part of the EP Geremek European Civilization Chair lecture series.
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