Untertitel:
Eastern Kingdom Series
Verlag:
apebook
Erschienen:
01.08.2020
EAN:
9783961302307

With Fire and Sword. Book III

Henryk Sienkiewicz


2,99 €
inkl. 7% MwSt.



WITH FIRE AND SWORD is a historical novel trilogy, set in the 17th century in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Cossacks Uprising. This trilogy is only the first multipart volume of the EASTERN KINGDOM Series which consists in total of three multipart volumes: WITH FIRE AND SWORD, THE DELUGE and FIRE IN THE PLAINS. All volumes are tracing the interactions between Poland and its neighboring countries in the 17th century. Over 3.000 pages full of adventure, tragedy and heroism. “The Siege” is the third book of the epic trilogy WITH FIRE AND SWORD. The size of this third part of the first trilogy of The EASTERN KINGDOM Series is about 400 pages.The young nobleman Jan Skrzetuski, or Pan Jan for short, is caught in the middle of the beginning Cossack uprising under the legendary Bogdan Chmelnitzky. Along the way he also falls in love with the beautiful princess Helena, who is also desired by a Cossack officer.In the course of the book the conflict begins to take serious forms, Pan Jan meets most of the main characters on his travels and missions through Eastern Europe. Personal rivalries, chases on horseback, duels, drinking bouts, epic dialogues and great battles (which no normal European has ever heard of before) are also part of the book. Despite some deviations, the book’s historical framework is genuine and the fictional story is woven into real events. Even though some of the characters are fictitious, the presentation of historical events is accurate. Sienkiewicz is clearly a first quality novelist who specialized in historical fiction and made a great effort of detailed recherche in order to present an authentic view of life in Eastern Europe of the 17th century.Maybe it is necessary to warn potential readers that 17th century warfare in this region was extremely brutal and unless you can tolerate occasional descriptions of horrifying activities, perhaps you should not choose this novel. There will be widespread use of violence including the use of stakes, fire and torture to murder populations. But if you can stand that you will be benefitted with excellent characterizations, an exceptionally tense and well-plotted love story intertwined with the basic plot.Experience heavily armored Hussars in battle against proud Cossacks and wild Tatars! Epic battles 400 years ago, in a kingdom of the East that hardly anyone knows anything about. And right in the middle: the fate of two lovers who do not find each other in the turmoil of war.

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