With Fire and Sword

Goodwill in the seventeenth century Polish Commonwealth has been stretched thin due to the nobility's perceived and real oppression of the less well-off members. When the situation reaches its inevitable breaking point, it sparks the taking up of arms by the Cossacks of the eastern borderlands, under the leadership of the charismatic Bohdan Khmelnytsky.The first book of Henryk Sienkiewicz's celebrated Trilogy, With Fire and Sword follows the fictional nobleman Jan Skrzetuski as he navigates the brutal conflict between Poland and the Cossack rebellion. Published in 1884 and translated into English in 1890, it was an immediate sensation and established Sienkiewicz as one of the great writers of historical fiction.Perfect for readers who love sweeping historical epics with complex heroes and vivid battle scenes, With Fire and Sword combines romance, honor, and tragedy in equal measure.