Adam Zamoyski (born 11 January 1949) is a British historian and author descended from the historically important Polish nobility.

When the Soviets took power at the end of World War II, they found themselves stranded in the West, eventually settling in London.

He was brought up in England and educated at St Philip's Preparatory School, Downside School, The Queen's College, Oxford, where he read History and Modern Languages (BA Hons.

Zamoyski lives in London with his wife, the painter Emma Sergeant (b.

[citation needed] He first visited Poland in the 1960s and now has a second home in an area of great biodiversity near Zamość, where he has planted over a thousand trees and restored a number of traditional wooden cottages.