"1647 was a strange year in which signs on earth and the sky seemed to announce disasters and unusual events. Contemporary chroniclers recall the huge numbers of locusts swarming from the Wild Fields and destroying crops and grass, which forecast Tartar raids. There was a grand eclipse of the sun in the summer and shortly after, a comet appeared in the sky."

A Polish Gone with the Wind. (New York Times Book Review)

With Fire And Sword is the first book of the Henryk Sienkiewicz's immortal epic trilogy. The story is set in the 17th century and follows the struggle of the kingdom of Poland to maintain its unity in the face of the Cossack-led peasant rebellion. The book well shows the passions, good and evil, which rule men. It beautifully displays the courage of doing what is noble at all costs, and graphically portrays the depths of depravity to which people can sink. The description of deeds of bravery are uplifting, those of barbaric brutality are shocking.

Sienkiewicz's vivid language made it one of the most popular books about that particular place and era.

"With Fire And Sword", together with "The Deluge" (Volumes I and II) and "Pan Michael" (Fire In The Steppe) constitute one of the most passionate sagas in the history of classic literature.

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