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With Fire and Sword
by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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About This Item
With Fire and Sword, Sienkiewicz, Henryk. Published by Copernicus Society of America / Hippocrene Books, 1991 First Edition. Translated from the Polish by W. S. Kuniczak; Foreword by James A. Michener. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 1135pp. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles, mapped endpapers. Contents are in fine condition with light outside edge dusting; light rubbing to board edges and light splay to spine. Unclipped jacket has creasing upper front and light edge rubbing. Overall, a very good copy.
The story of soldiers and ordinary citizens caught up in the Cossack Revolt in 1640 Poland, and the first book of the author's Poland Trilogy.The novel has been adapted as a film several times, most recently in 1999.. 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.
Synopsis
With Fire and Sword 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 (Pan Wołodyjowski, 1888), also translated as Colonel Wolodyjowski. The novel has been adapted as a film several times, most recently in 1999.
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- Title
- With Fire and Sword
- Author
- Sienkiewicz, Henryk
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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