A history of the Romanian people which seeks to make intelligible their aspirations, achievements and plight. The author, who died in 1988, had been for many years the Director of the Romanian Radio Service for Europe. The book covers the course of Romanian history from Roman times to the 1980s. It focuses on the social structures, economics and political institutions of the principalities inhabited by the Romanian people in the course of their history.

Translated by: A.B-. Vroman