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It even surpasses in interest and power the same author’s romance, “With Fire and Sword.” … The whole story swarms with brilliant pictures of war, and with personal episodes of battle and adventure.—New York Tribune.
Marvellous in its grand descriptions.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
One of the direct anointed line of the kings of story-telling.—Literary World.
A really great novelist … To match this story one must turn to the masterpieces of Scott and Dumas.—Philadelphia Press.
PAN MICHAEL. An Historical Novel of Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine. By Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. A sequel to “With Fire and Sword” and “The Deluge.” Library Edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00.
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This work completes the great Polish trilogy. The period of the story is 1668-1674, and the principal historical event is the Turkish invasion of 1672. Pan Michael, a favorite character in the preceding stories, and the incomparable Zagloba figure throughout the novel. The most important historical character introduced is Sobieski, who was elected king in 1674.
No word less than “Excelsior” will justly describe the achievement of the trilogy of novels of which “Pan Michael” is the last.—Baltimore American.
There is no falling off in interest in this third and last book of the series; again Sienkiewicz looms as one of the great novel writers of the world.—The Nation.