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Pan Michael an historical novel of Poland the Ukraine and Turkey Henryk Sienkiewicz 9781179897110 Books
Bottom Line First:I did enjoy Pan Michael, but not as much as the earlier volumes in The Trilogy. Sienkiewicz is creative enough that you will rarely be that far ahead of the plot twists and never because you had no warning. Even if you do know what is coming, the details may not be what you expected. Having a warrior of a woman is a much needed relief from fainting, teary eyed motherly women that is every other female in the series. . The inclusion of a great warrior driven mad by the violence or war is another example of an unexpected, but rightly included plot point. This is a good book, but I was too often frustrated and urging the writer to move along.
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Pan Michael is the last of Henryk Sienkiewicz's trilogy variously known as the The Trilogy or as I prefer the Zagloba Romances. Over all I enjoyed the trilogy and recommend them to those willing to take on a few thousand pages of reading, all in an antique style and seeded with words from at least 5 languages.
Each book is a high romance of swords and knightly war. Pan Michael is far more about romance as in between the upper class ladies and warrior men of nobility. The entire first half of Pan Michael is about the maneuvers of the heart. The now aging Zagloba, sometimes Falstafian drinker and blow-hard and also the Polish Ulysses, master of schemes focuses on the love life of his favorite knights.
Pan Michael is the title character of this novel, also known as the little knight and the finest swordsman of the Polish Common wealth. He is certainly the central male character. Much of the book centers on a rather modern young lady Pani Basia often referred to as the haiduk (Bridand) . She is established as very non-traditional, having killed a marauder with duck shot some time before the novel's beginning. She is a skilled swordswoman and will take lessons from the little knight . Of all the women in the three novels, she will be the one of the strongest and most able to take care of herself and her man.
One of the key dramatic moments will come later when she escapes from the evil minded love of a once trusted officer turned dangerous enemy.
Almost exactly ½ way into Pan Michale, the book will leave the drawing room and move to a remote, and hastily built military outpost. We will have been told that this winter will be the end of a recent and brief period of relative peace following the expulsion of the Swedes recounted in book II of the Trilogy. A new war is to come returning the reader to the wilds of the Ukrainian wastes. Many of the same remote burned out locations first destroyed in book I. This war will combine the Cossacks and the Trucks in a massive invasion. Despite consistent and accurate intelligence from the far reaches of the Polish Commonwealth, the frontier is not getting needed reinforcements. The reader is carefully warned that the most our band of Polish Brothers can hope to achieve is to buy time.
As in the earlier novel, Sienkiewicz writes very rich and richly detailed stories. The enemy is bad , but true to their own beliefs and systems. Warfare is brutal, with both sides willing to burn and slaughter if only to keep an approaching enemy from the benefits of captured stores. There is a vast amount of hands kissed with great violence. Mustaches are alternately twisted and twitching, and pressing of heavily clothed breasts to heavily clothed bosoms as lovers and family member weep and swear their love. Expect expositions on the many layers of feudal titles between the many populations , citizenships, military and civil titles.
Much of it can become too much. A major plot driver in the first third of the book is an impending election of the new King. Zabloba is drawn into one of the inner circles determined to elect a Polish king. We never here who gets elected, which also means we are not told that the new Polish King is, as a matter of history , not that great. Ultimately the narrative style can be too elaborate, too detailed, too courtly, too much High Romance and too filled with what will be unimportant asides. Reading The Trilogy can be like reading your way through a vast over frosted wedding cake. Pan Michael gave me too many of these moments. Much is made of the young haiduk studying sword play form the "best swordsman in all of Poland". She will never be seen using this skill in a fight.
The three books of the Zabloba Romances can be read, stand alone, but if you can work your way through this overly rich style, try for all three. My let down in book three is not so much as the sense of reward that you have fully appreciated the achievement of Henryk Sienkiewicz.
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Pan Michael an historical novel of Poland the Ukraine and Turkey Henryk Sienkiewicz 9781179897110 Books Reviews
Read fine print of item description - I either missed it or misunderstood. This is not an original book. It's one of those photocopies of a (poor) very old original. Frustrating to read. I got busy over the holidays and neglected to return for refund; understand before you buy.
Call me an oddball, but I really love the old style of writing, and this author really rings the bell for me. The prose is so rich. The insights into human thought, feeling and motivations are entrancing. I first read OF FIRE AND SWORD, then followed up with the other two volumes of the story, THE DELUGE, Volumes I and II. I'm now into the continuation, PAN MICHAEL. I'm of Austro/Hungarian descent and live in a community largely of Polish, Russian and Hungarian roots, so the history means a lot to me. The love stories are woven into the history of wars and conquerers and political intrigue in the history of Poland. By far the best of around 70 books I've read this year. And free, to boot. Can't beat that with a stick )
Please comment on this review to share your thoughts if you pick up these books. I'd be pleased for other recommendations.
This book is a photocopy of a paperback book and poorly done. Unlike the first two volumes of the Polish Trilogy, this volume is a cheap cast off. The publisher should be ashamed of this publication. Why doesn't have a copy of this work from the same publisher (Copernicus Society of America).which is a high quality work. I was so disappointed by this edition that I have returned it. The first time I have ever returned anything I have purchased from
Pan Michael is the third volume in what is simply known as "The Trilogy," a series of three historical war epics by Polish Nobel Prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz. Published in 1888, this book completes the saga that began in With Fire and Sword and continued in The Deluge. Originally titled Pan Wolodyjowski, it has also been published in English under the title Fire in the Steppe. The title character, Michael Volodyovski, was a supporting character in the first two books; here he finally gets a starring role. (This review is based on the English translation by Jeremiah Curtin, so I am using his spellings of proper names.) The story takes place from 1668 to 1673, during a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire.
This final volume of Sienkiewicz's spectacular trilogy differs from the first two installments in that, for most of the book, warfare takes a back seat to romance. Like the two previous books, Pan Michael is an epic adventure of love threatened by war, so the first order of business is to find a love interest for Michael. At the end of The Deluge, he was engaged to Anusia Borzobogati, but, perhaps because Sienkiewicz didn't feel she was a sympathetic enough character, she dies of a mysterious illness in chapter one. Stricken by grief, love is the last thing on Michael's mind, but the indomitable Pan Zagloba makes it his personal mission to find a new bride for his old friend. The first twenty chapters of Pan Michael constitute a sort of self-contained romance novel worthy of Balzac or Anthony Trollope. Michael, the "little knight" renowned as the finest swordsman in all the Commonwealth, doesn't see any combat until about halfway through the book, but once he unsheathes his sword sparks fly and blood flows. The final quarter of the book is devoted to the epic warfare this trilogy is famous for, and the battles are as intense, brutal, and powerful as anything Sienkiewicz has written.
The books in The Trilogy take place in roughly the same time period as Alexandre Dumas's Three Musketeers novels, and they share much of the same atmosphere of swashbuckling adventure and brotherly camaraderie. Sienkiewicz's books, however, are much more realistic in their portrayal of military life, more accurate in their depiction of historical events, and more solemnly respectful of life and death. There is a gravitas to the Polish trilogy that is missing from the Musketeers books. While his books are still fun to read, Sienkiewicz deals much more seriously with universal themes like love, honor, duty, and vengeance. At times Pan Michael is reminiscent of Homer's Iliad. Religion is a constant presence in this novel, not in a preachy way, but as an accurate representation of the importance of Catholicism in Polish culture, particularly during this time period. Though the motivations of the Turks are handled with far more brevity, Sienkiewicz shows equal respect to the religious piety of his Muslim characters. While both sides refer to each other as "dogs," "infidels," or "non-believers," Sienkiewicz demonstrates how both forces are motivated by their conception of God, and those soldiers of either side who remain faithful to their ideals are worthy of honor and reverence.
The best volume in Sienkiewicz's trilogy is The Deluge, but Pan Michael takes a close second. These books constitute a truly monumental achievement. Together they offer months of exciting reading and about a semester's worth of education in Eastern European history. For anyone who loves historical literature and epic adventure, Sienkiewicz's trilogy is an essential read.
Bottom Line First
I did enjoy Pan Michael, but not as much as the earlier volumes in The Trilogy. Sienkiewicz is creative enough that you will rarely be that far ahead of the plot twists and never because you had no warning. Even if you do know what is coming, the details may not be what you expected. Having a warrior of a woman is a much needed relief from fainting, teary eyed motherly women that is every other female in the series. . The inclusion of a great warrior driven mad by the violence or war is another example of an unexpected, but rightly included plot point. This is a good book, but I was too often frustrated and urging the writer to move along.
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Pan Michael is the last of Henryk Sienkiewicz's trilogy variously known as the The Trilogy or as I prefer the Zagloba Romances. Over all I enjoyed the trilogy and recommend them to those willing to take on a few thousand pages of reading, all in an antique style and seeded with words from at least 5 languages.
Each book is a high romance of swords and knightly war. Pan Michael is far more about romance as in between the upper class ladies and warrior men of nobility. The entire first half of Pan Michael is about the maneuvers of the heart. The now aging Zagloba, sometimes Falstafian drinker and blow-hard and also the Polish Ulysses, master of schemes focuses on the love life of his favorite knights.
Pan Michael is the title character of this novel, also known as the little knight and the finest swordsman of the Polish Common wealth. He is certainly the central male character. Much of the book centers on a rather modern young lady Pani Basia often referred to as the haiduk (Bridand) . She is established as very non-traditional, having killed a marauder with duck shot some time before the novel's beginning. She is a skilled swordswoman and will take lessons from the little knight . Of all the women in the three novels, she will be the one of the strongest and most able to take care of herself and her man.
One of the key dramatic moments will come later when she escapes from the evil minded love of a once trusted officer turned dangerous enemy.
Almost exactly ½ way into Pan Michale, the book will leave the drawing room and move to a remote, and hastily built military outpost. We will have been told that this winter will be the end of a recent and brief period of relative peace following the expulsion of the Swedes recounted in book II of the Trilogy. A new war is to come returning the reader to the wilds of the Ukrainian wastes. Many of the same remote burned out locations first destroyed in book I. This war will combine the Cossacks and the Trucks in a massive invasion. Despite consistent and accurate intelligence from the far reaches of the Polish Commonwealth, the frontier is not getting needed reinforcements. The reader is carefully warned that the most our band of Polish Brothers can hope to achieve is to buy time.
As in the earlier novel, Sienkiewicz writes very rich and richly detailed stories. The enemy is bad , but true to their own beliefs and systems. Warfare is brutal, with both sides willing to burn and slaughter if only to keep an approaching enemy from the benefits of captured stores. There is a vast amount of hands kissed with great violence. Mustaches are alternately twisted and twitching, and pressing of heavily clothed breasts to heavily clothed bosoms as lovers and family member weep and swear their love. Expect expositions on the many layers of feudal titles between the many populations , citizenships, military and civil titles.
Much of it can become too much. A major plot driver in the first third of the book is an impending election of the new King. Zabloba is drawn into one of the inner circles determined to elect a Polish king. We never here who gets elected, which also means we are not told that the new Polish King is, as a matter of history , not that great. Ultimately the narrative style can be too elaborate, too detailed, too courtly, too much High Romance and too filled with what will be unimportant asides. Reading The Trilogy can be like reading your way through a vast over frosted wedding cake. Pan Michael gave me too many of these moments. Much is made of the young haiduk studying sword play form the "best swordsman in all of Poland". She will never be seen using this skill in a fight.
The three books of the Zabloba Romances can be read, stand alone, but if you can work your way through this overly rich style, try for all three. My let down in book three is not so much as the sense of reward that you have fully appreciated the achievement of Henryk Sienkiewicz.
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