Pan Michael - An Historical Novel or Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. a Sequel to "With Fire and Sword" and "The Deluge"

By Henryk Sienkiewicz

Originally published in 1893, this classic book contains 'Pan Michael' the historical novel of Poland, the Ukraine and Turkey, and will prove to be a fascinating read. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Apr 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781447481478

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz also known by the pseudonym Litwos, was a Polish writer, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his internationally known best-seller Quo Vadis (1896). Born into an impoverished Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, in the late 1860s he began publishing journalistic and literary pieces. In the late 1870s he traveled to the United States, sending back travel essays that won him popularity with Polish readers. In the 1880s he began serializing novels that further increased his popularity. He soon became one of the most popular Polish writers of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and numerous translations gained him international renown, culminating in his receipt of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer." Many of his novels remain in print. In Poland he is best known for his "Trilogy" of historical novels, With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, and Sir Michael, set in the 17th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; internationally he is best known for Quo Vadis, set in Nero's Rome. The Trilogy and Quo Vadis have been filmed, the latter several times, with Hollywood's 1951 version receiving the most international recognition.

Reviews for Pan Michael - An Historical Novel or Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. a Sequel to "With Fire and Sword" and "The Deluge"

[eltomaso · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Along with this authors other two epic tales (With Fire and Sword, and The Deluge) this awesome work brings to life a time of desparate struggle in which men and women of character fight and die for love and country (Poland). Polish heroes meet the Turk at Kameniets and although they lose the battle, are succesful in protecting Poland from Turkish invasion. In a subsequent novel, Sienkiewicz goes on to describe the battle for Vienna in which the famous Polish King Jan Michael Sobieski saves the city from certain doom and destroys the Turkish forces once and for all time!