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The knights of the cross (First Half)

The knights of the cross (First Half)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Paperback

General European History

ISBN10: 9389265797
ISBN13: 9789389265798
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.95 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Medieval Europe is seldom this vivid. Honour, love, and steel collide. In The Knights of the Cross (First Half), Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz turns a decisive moment in 15th century Poland into a classic historical novel of faith, power, and personal risk, written with the pace of romance and the weight of history. This unabridged classic edition presents a complete English translation of Sienkiewicz's great Polish historical epic, set against the Teutonic Order crusades and the rising Polish Lithuanian alliance. Amid banners, councils, and borderlands of medieval Eastern Europe, the novel explores chivalry and courtship alongside political calculation, asking what honour costs when nations and families are on the line. For Quo Vadis readers, it offers the same grand sweep and moral intensity, now directed to the Baltic frontier. Long admired as one of the defining Polish historical epics, it shaped how generations imagined medieval Eastern Europe, balancing page-turning momentum with a textured sense of law, devotion, and diplomacy in the shadow of war. For European history readers and students on a world literature course, it stands as a landmark of world literature: a national story told with international craft. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. More than a passing read, it belongs on the shelf of classic literature collectors who value enduring storytelling and the echoes of a continent shaping itself.

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