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Neal Ascherson

Neal Ascherson has reported from Central and Eastern Europe since the 1960s. He is the author of Stone Voices: The Search for Scotland, The Struggles for Poland and Black Sea.

Selected bibliography

  • Stone Voices: The Search for Scotland (2002)
  • Black Sea (1995)
  • The King Incorporated: Leopold the Second and the Congo (1993)
  • The Struggles for Poland (1987)
  • The Polish August: The Self-Limiting Revolution (1981)

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