Michael Volodyovski has retired to a monastery after the death of his wife, Anna Borzobogati. At Chenstohova. Kharlamp, an acquaintance, goes to see Andrei Kmita to get his help...
The Knights of the Cross is an epic of medieval times and national destiny, ranking as one of the highest achievements from the pen of Henryk Sienkiewicz, the Nobel Prize winner...
The Deluge is a literary masterpiece that sweeps across the plains and forests of Poland, Lithuania and Prussia in an epic tale of treasons, faith, selfishness, sacrifice and...
Whirlpools, a social/political novel of modern Poland, began to appear in serialized form in 1909, and was published as a book in 1910.
Collection of short stories: “Sielanka”, “Orso”, “For Bread”, “The Decision of Zeus”, “On a Sigle Card” (play),...
This is a collection of five short stories: “Yanko the Musician” (1878), “The Light-House Keeper of Aspinwall” (1881), “From the Diary of a Tutor in...
This powerful novel, a Polish “Gone with the Wind” (according to New York Times Book Review), is set in the 17th century and follows the struggle of the kingdom of...
Collection of short stories: “Lillian Morris”, “Sachem”, “Yamyol” and “The Bull Fight”.
The novel Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman, Lycia and Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule...
A memorable cast of characters, ready for battle, duelling, or love in this last completed historical novel of the Nobel Prize winner.