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

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Publisher: White Press

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This vintage book contains  Henryk Sienkiewicz's 1884 historical novel, “With Fire and Sword”. It is set in the seventeenth century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time of the  Khmelnytsky Uprising, and presents real historical events interwoven wit
Available since: 05/18/2016.

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