With Fire and Sword, The Deluge & Pan Michael

With Fire and Sword, The Deluge & Pan Michael PDF

Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-05-18

Total Pages: 2713

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With Fire and Sword is a historical fiction novel, set in the 17th century in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. It gained enormous popularity in Poland, and by the turn of the 20th century had become one of the most popular Polish books ever. _x000D_ The second book, The Deluge, describes the Swedish invasion of Poland in the mid 17th century known as The Deluge, which followed the Khmelnytsky Uprising._x000D_ The final novel, Pan Michael, follows wars between Poland and the Ottoman Empire in the late 17th century._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_

Pan Michael

Pan Michael PDF

Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-10

Total Pages: 537

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"Pan Michael" is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1888. It is the third volume in a series known to Poles as "The Trilogy", being preceded by "With Fire and Sword" (1884) and "The Deluge" (1886). The novel's protagonist is Michael Volodyovski who has retired to a monastery after the death of his wife Anna. His friends, however, are convinced that the warrior's fighting days are not yet over, especially with the Tartars' invasion of the kingdom. They set out to convince him to take back his sword and fight.