By Fire and Sword. Book 2. The Deluge

In the middle of the seventeenth century, the lands of Great Poland were swept by waves of foreign invaders. The fierce warriors of Swedish King Charles X Gustav showed no mercy; their might was unbreakable. The invasion of the Swedes was called the «Swedish Deluge», their swords brought devastation and ruin to Poland. Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel «The Deluge» provides a broad insight into those troubled times, highlighting the brutal battles, treacherous intrigues, and popular uprisings. Against this grim backdrop, the images of the main characters of the novel—commander Andrzej Kmita and his beloved Oleńka Billewicz, who equally embrace love and death, the bright joy of hope and the bitter despair of defeat—shine like bright stars.

The novel «The Deluge» is the second part of Henryk Sienkiewicz's famous historical-adventure trilogy. All novels of the trilogy are accompanied for the first time in Russia by brilliant illustrations by Czech artist Václav Černý.