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Joseph Hordynski

A soldier turned eyewitness historian, he wrote one of the early firsthand accounts of Poland’s 1830–31 struggle against Russian rule. His work combines military detail with the urgency of someone who lived through the events himself.

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History of the Late Polish Revolution and the Events of the Campaign

History of the Late Polish Revolution and the Events of the Campaign

by Joseph Hordynski

About the author

Joseph Hordynski, also published as Józef Hordynski, is best known for History of the Late Polish Revolution and the Events of the Campaign, first published in the early 1830s. Catalog and digitized editions confirm the book appeared in 1832 and 1833 and was written in English for an international readership.

Sources available online describe him as a Polish military officer and veteran of the Napoleonic Wars who took part in the November Uprising of 1830. His book is valued as an eyewitness account, mixing political background, battle narrative, and personal perspective on Poland’s failed bid for independence.

Some bookseller and ebook listings give extra biographical details, including dates often listed as 1792–1840 and a period of emigration to the United States and later France, but those details are not as firmly supported by the stronger catalog-style sources consulted here. What is clear is that his reputation rests on a vivid, participant’s history of the Polish revolt—one that has stayed in print and continues to interest readers of European and military history.