Fredonia Books, Amsterdam, 2001, reprinted from the 1925 edition, an authorized and unabridged translation from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.  An historical novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia, a sequel to “With Fire and Sword”.  Vol. 1 has 585 pages, ISBN 1-58963-021-1; Vol. 2 has 673 pages, ISBN 1-58963-019-X.  Unread copies; bit of wrinkling to laminate on wraps and light soil/marks on outer page blocks.  ‘… continues the sweeping saga of war and rebellion that threatened the kingdom of Poland and changed the face of Eastern Europe in the 17^th Century.  This historical novel of Poland, Sweden and Russia, is a masterful blend of history and imagination, filled with nonstop action and adventure.  Sienkiewicz’s work is the sweeping saga of a nation caught in the throes of a civil war, of a people struggling for survival, and of the events that forever changed the face of Eastern Europe.  Number two in his trilogy on the history of Poland, it tells the love story of a man and a woman tragically separated by foolishness, pride, confusion and the Swedish invasion of Poland in the 1500s which divided a nation against itself and drew the best and worst out of its citizens.’ (from rear wrap)