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

Chapter 7: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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A sweeping historical novel traces intersecting lives amid a seventeenth-century uprising and war in Eastern Europe, blending large-scale military action with intimate personal drama. The narrative alternates vivid battle and siege scenes with episodes of love, loyalty, and betrayal, portraying shifting alliances, social upheaval, and the devastation visited on towns and countryside. Themes of honor, religious and social tension, and the human cost of political conflict run throughout, while an episodic structure combines panoramic set pieces with close studies of individual choices and relationships.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Henryk Sienkiewicz and his Children.
From a photograph.

Map of the Polish Commonwealth.

"The falcon began to draw the hands together."
Drawn by J. Wagrez.

Vladislav IV., King of Poland.
From an engraving by Moncornet.

"He raised his eyes and began to pray aloud".
Drawn by J. Wagrez.

Bogdan Hmelnitski.
From an old engraving.

"The little knight, having discovered the whole power of his opponent, pushed on him briskly".
Drawn by Evert Van Muyden.

Yerzy Ossolinski, Chancellor of Poland.
From an engraving by Moncornet.

"Before them stood a kind of frightful-looking man, or rather an apparition".
Drawn by Evert Van Muyden.

Map of the Polish Commonwealth