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With fire and sword

Label
With fire and sword
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
With fire and sword
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Summary
With Fire and Sword is a historical fiction novel, set in the 17th century in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. It gained enormous popularity in Poland, and by the turn of the 20th century had become one of the most popular Polish books ever. Despite some deviations, the book's historical framework is genuine and the fictional story is woven into real events. Many characters are historical figures, including Jeremi Wisniowiecki and Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Target audience
adult
Classification
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