Dancing with Kings

Eva Stachniak was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She emigrated to Canada in 1981, on scholarship to McGill University in Montreal. In Poland she taught English Literature at the University of Wroclaw. Her first short story appeared in the Antigonish Review in 1994. Her acclaimed debut novel, Necessary Lies, won the Amazon.com/Books in Canada First Novel Award. A communications professor at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Eva Stachniak lives in Toronto and is working on her third novel.

'The telling is engaging -- at times riveting -- leaving behind a visceral sense of a woman's arduous life !Stachniak writes with brief, often poetic sentences, managing to create a rich sense of place and period through evocative details.' Quill & Quire 'Historical fiction of the very best kind.' Edmonton Journal 'Well researched!should provide plenty for reading groups to dicuss.' Ann Munton, NewBooksMag reader review "Dancing with Kings' is a cornucopia of detail although it is never offered gratuitously!Stachniak's sense of political history is acute and her timelines true but they never overpower this tale of individual destiny.' Writer's toolkit book club