Fire in the Steppe
In 1668, Poland is still reeling from the succession of epic battles fought to drive out the Swedish invaders. The war has left the country exhausted, but its problems are far from over: the Ottoman Empire...
SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk
Quo vadis?
Historical novel, set in imperial Rome, in the time of St. Peter, St. Paul and Nero (63 AD), based on many documented historical facts. The title of the book derives from a Christian tradition: St. Peter...
With Fire and Sword
The author of Quo Vadis wrote this historical novel, first of the Polish trilogy The Flood and Mr Wolodyjowski. In it he describes the Polish wars between 1648 and the end of the...
The Deluge
Second book of Sienkiewicz's epic-historical triology on the struggles for the defense of Poland in the XVI-XVII centuries. Here the author writes about the invasion of Poland by the Swedish commanded by...