An English princess... in Silesia?

Princess Daisy von Pless: now called the “Silesian Princess Diana”. Princess Daisy von Pless Foundation

Debrief host John Beauchamp speaks to the author of a new book in English about Princess Daisy von Pless, an English-born noblewoman who lived the high life in what is now southern Poland at the turn of the 20th century.

A new book in English has just come out about Princess Daisy von Pless, the so-called “Silesian Princess Diana”.

TFN contributing editor Alex Webber recently wrote about the book, but here at the Debrief I went one step further and managed to speak to the author, Barbara Borkowy. 


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