# With Fire and Sword: An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia

By Henryk Sienkiewicz.

"With Fire and Sword: An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia" by Henryk Sienkiewicz is a historical novel published in 1884. Set during the 17th-century Khmelnytsky Uprising in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it follows Lieutenant Jan Skrzetuski as he becomes entangled in a brewing revolution. When he falls in love with Helena Kurcewicz, he must navigate warfare between Polish forces, Cossack rebels, and Tartar cavalry while searching for his beloved across a devastated landscape. Written to inspire Polish patriotism during the partitions, this epic tale blends historical figures with fictional heroism. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Jeremiah Curtin
- Subjects: Historical fiction; Cossacks -- Poland -- Fiction; Cossacks -- Ukraine -- Fiction; Poland -- History -- John II Casimir, 1648-1668 -- Fiction

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