With Fire and Sword
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By Fire and Sword is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as The Trilogy, followed by The Deluge and Fire in
Title page of an 1885 edition
Henryk Sienkiewicz opens "With Fire and Sword" with a description of saigas as a way to highlight the otherworldly setting of the Pontic Steppe. By the time of his writing, these antelope were extinct in the lands of modern Poland.
Helena by Piotr Stachiewicz
Portrait of Bohdan Chmielnicki (c. 1650) in the District Museum in Tarnów.
With Fire and Sword (film)
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With Fire and Sword is a 1999 Polish historical drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman. The film is based on the novel With Fire and Sword, the first part in The Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz. At the ti
Polish release poster
