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3) The deluge
Author
Series
With fire and sword trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Surrounding himself with murderous libertines and wastrels, wild young Polish soldier Andrei Kmita is misled into treason. But his pure love for spirited Olenka (Aleksandra Billevich) eventually sets him on track and inspires his single-minded mission, the defense of his motherland. It's the middle of the 17th century, and the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth is crushed in a vise of rebellion and bloody onslaughts by Swedes and Russians.
Author
Language
Polish
Description
Potop, druga z powiesci tworzacych Trylogie, przedstawia dzieje Polski w dobie najazdu Szwedów (1655-1660). Zasadnicza idea powiesci jest problem zdrady i wiernosci, bedacy kryterium moralnej oceny zarówno postaci historycznych (np. Radziwill) jak i fikcyjnych (przede wszystkim Kmicic). Z glównym motywem wiaze sie sposób prezentacji zdarzen - Sienkiewicz ukazuje dwie fazy konfliktu polsko-szwedzkiego, w którym duza role odegrala zdrada magnatów...
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