With Fire and Sword: A Tale of the Past. [Volumes I & II].

Henryk Sienkiewicz.

ISBN 10: 141010057X / ISBN 13: 9781410100573

Published by Fredonia Books, Amsterdam, 2002

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Historical novel of 17th century Poland at the time of King John III, originally published in 1884. Translated by Samuel A. Binion. Volume I to page 424, Volume II continues to page 821. Reprint of the 1898 edition. Very light cover wear. Sienkiewicz, 1846-1916, was the foremost historical novelist in 19th century Poland and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1905.

Seller Inventory # 11215

Bibliographic Details

• Title: With Fire and Sword: A Tale of the Past. [Volumes I & II].
• Publisher: Fredonia Books, Amsterdam
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 141010057X
• ISBN 13: 9781410100573
• Binding: Softcover.
• Illustrator: Illustrations by M. De Lipman.
• Condition: Fine.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature, Fiction

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Synopsis

The period embraced in this set is "one of the most dramatic and fruitful of results in European Annals - remarkable for work and endeavor, especially in the Slav world," the author writes. Among Western Slavs, the great events were the Hussite Wars and the union of Lithuania and Polant. The Hussite Wars were caused by ideas of race and religion (born in Bohemia.) The period of Bohemian activity began in 1403 and ended in 1434, with the battle of Lipan. Known for their great narrative power and contain vivid characterizations, Sienkiewicz' work includes the great trilogy of historical novels began to appear in 1883. It is composed of With Fire and Sword (1884), The Deluge (1886), and Pan Michael (1887-88). Set in the later 17th century, the trilogy describes Poland's struggles against Cossacks, Tatars, Swedes, and Turks, stressing Polish heroism in a vivid style of epic clarity and simplicity. Henryk (Adam Alexander Pius) Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a novelist, born in Wola Okrzejska, Poland. He studied at Warsaw, traveled in the USA, and in the 1870s began to write articles, short stories, and novels. His major work was a war trilogy about 17th-c Poland, beginning with Ogniem i mieczem (1884, With Fire and Sword), but his most widely known book is the story of Rome under Nero, Quo Vadis? (1896), several times filmed, notably in 1951 by Mervyn Le Roy (1900-87). He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Translated by Samuel A. Binion, who was also the translator of Quo Vadis.