With fire and sword - An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Project Gutenberg

2011

957 páginas

1d 7h 54m

ISBN-1: 0

With Fire and Sword (Polish: Ogniem i mieczem) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as The Trilogy, followed by The Deluge (Potop, 1886) and Fire in the Steppe (originally published under the Polish title Pan Wołodyjowski, which translates to Lord Wolodyjowski). The novel has been adapted as a film several times, most recently in 1999.

With Fire and Sword is a historical fiction novel, set in the 17th century in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. It was initially serialized in several Polish newspapers, chapters appearing in weekly installments. It gained enormous popularity in Poland, and by the turn of the 20th century had become one of the most popular Polish books ever. It became obligatory reading in Polish schools, and has been translated into English and most European languages.

The series was a vehicle for expressing Polish patriotism in a Poland partitioned and deprived of independence.
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A coleção de 6 livros do autor polonês Henryk Sienkiewicz (prêmio nobel), que começa com o livro "A Ferro e Fogo", é um épico em todos os sentidos da palavra, pois contém descrições muito bem feitas da Polônia do séc XVII, romances puros e cheios de galanteios, heróis da espada encantadores, personagens hilários, muita aventura, ação, etc, tudo muito bem escrito e traduzido (direto do polonês).

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