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    • 300 pages
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  • Keywords
    • World War I and II in Poland,
    • Warsaw Uprising,
    • Warsaw Ghetto,
    • Polish aristocracy,
    • The Communist Experience in Poland,
    • Red Cross in Poland,
    • Polish Underground Experience

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The Future Will Tell
A Memoir
by Countess Maria Tarnowska


Countess Maria Tarnowska was larger than life and unafraid to speak her mind. In spite of her many personal losses, she gave unstintingly of herself to her beloved Poland, becoming a symbol of strength for others. The author belonged to the Polish aristocracy and was the wife of a diplomat, a role that opened her world to rulers and prominent politicians. As she recounts poignant episodes in her life, the personal and the historic become intertwined. In her role as second-in-command of the Polish Red Cross, and as a member of the Resistance during WWII, the reader immediately understands that hers was not a life of idleness but one of extraordinary courage and sublime sacrifice. Maria harshly condemns the Russian treachery in restricting the promised assistance of the Red Army during the Warsaw Uprising. Life, as hellish as it was during Nazism, becomes ludicrously unbearable under the crude Communist regime. Coming from one who was twice imprisoned, Maria Tarnowska’s memoir is a resounding tribute to the concept of freedom and democracy. A must-read!


“Maria Tarnowska’s memoir is an invaluable source of authentic information on all aspects—social, political, military, cultural—of life. It is a fascinating story, well-told by a deeply concerned, involved and very modest author.” —Dr. Juliusz Lukasiewicz, Aerospace Engineer “Maria Tarnowska’s vivid memoir recreates the tormented sweep of Poland’s history of the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. From the aristocratic country estate to the blasted streets of the heroic but doomed Warsaw Uprising, Maria Tarnowska’s story could have come straight out of the pages of Tolstoy or Pasternak.” —Larry French, Educator and Fmr. Speechwriter for OSSTF is a Contributor to OSSTF’S Forum Magazine, and After School. “Stunning! Reads like a novel. This is pure Polish history as seen through the eyes of the woman who lived it. Countess Tarnowska—former bridge partner to Edward VII of England—takes the reader on a breathtaking journey . . . picks up where The Garden of Beasts left off." —Terrence Rundle West, Northern ‘Lit’ Award 2007, and published author of historical fiction.


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