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Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. By: Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) |
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WORKS OF Henryk Sienkiewicz In Desert and Wilderness
With Fire and Sword
The Deluge. 2 vols.
Pan Michael
Children of the Soil
"Quo Vadis"
Sielanka, a Forest Picture
The Knights of the Cross
Without Dogma
Whirlpools
On the Field of Glory
Let Us Follow Him
PAN MICHAEL.
Since Saint Michael leads the whole host of heaven, and has gained so
many victories over the banners of hell, I prefer him as a patron. The
Deluge, Vol. I, p. 120.
PAN MICHAEL.
An Historical Novel OF POLAND, THE UKRAINE, AND TURKEY. A SEQUEL TO "WITH FIRE AND SWORD" AND "THE DELUGE." BY
HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ. AUTHORIZED AND UNABRIDGED TRANSLATION FROM
THE POLISH BY
JEREMIAH CURTIN. BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1917.
Copyright, 1893, 1898 , By Jeremiah Curtin. All rights reserved .
Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
TO
JOHN MURRAY BROWN, Esq.
My Dear Brown, You read "With Fire and Sword" in manuscript: you
appreciated its character, and your House published it. What you did
for the first, you did later on for the other two parts of the trilogy.
Remembering your deep interest in all the translations, I beg to
inscribe to you the concluding volume, "Pan Michael." JEREMIAH CURTIN. Valentia Island, West Coast of Ireland,
August 15. 1893.
INTRODUCTION.
The great struggle begun by the Cossacks, and, after the victory at
Korsun, continued by them and the Russian population of the
Commonwealth, is described in "With Fire and Sword," from the ambush on
the Omelnik[1] to the battle of Berestechko. In "The Deluge" the
Swedish invasion is the argument, and a mere reference is made to the
war in which Moscow and the Ukraine are on one side and the
Commonwealth on the other. In "Pan Michael," the present volume and
closing work of the trilogy, the invader is the Turk, whose forces,
though victorious at Kamenyets, are defeated at Hotin. "With Fire and Sword" covers the war of 1648 49, which was ended at
Zborovo, where a treaty most hateful to the Poles was concluded between
the Cossacks and the Commonwealth. In the second war there was only one
great action, that of Berestechko (1651), an action followed by the
treaty of Belaya Tserkoff, oppressive to the Cossacks and impossible of
execution. The main event in the interval between Berestechko and the war with
Moscow was the siege and peace of Jvanyets, of which mention is made in
the introduction to "With Fire and Sword." After Jvanyets the Cossacks turned to Moscow and swore allegiance to
the Tsar in 1654; in that year the war was begun to which reference is
made in "The Deluge." In addition to the Cossack cause Moscow had
questions of her own, and invaded the Commonwealth with two separate
armies; of these one moved on White Russia and Lithuania, the other
joined the forces of Hmelnitski... Continue reading book >>
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