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The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance

Henryk Sienkiewicz

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 768 pages

The Knights of the Cross is a historical romance by Henryk Sienkiewicz set in medieval Poland and Lithuania. It follows a young knight and a love story amid conflict with the Teutonic Order. It is worth listening to for its vivid picture of knightly customs and broad historical sweep.

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THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS

or, KRZYZACY

Historical Romance

By HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ

Author Of "Quo Vadis," "The Deluge," "With Fire And Sword,"

"Pan Michael," Etc., Etc.

Translated From The Original Polish By Samuel A. Binion

Author Of "Ancient Egypt," Etc. Translator Of "Quo Vadis," Etc.

[Illustration: BUST OF HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ]

HON. WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL.D.

Commissioner of Education

My Dear Doctor:—

This translation, of one of the greatest novels of Poland's foremost modern writer, Henryk Sienkiewicz, I beg to dedicate to you. Apart for my high personal regard for you, my reason for selecting you among all my literary friends, is: that you are a historian and philosopher, and can therefore best appreciate works of this kind.

SAMUEL A. BINION,

New York City.

To the Reader.

Here you have, gentle reader—old writers always called you gentle

—something very much more than a novel to amuse an idle hour. To read it will be enjoyable pastime, no doubt; but the brilliant romance of the brilliant author calls upon you for some exercise of the finest sympathy and intelligence; sympathy for a glorious nation which, with only one exception, has suffered beyond all other nations; intelligence, of the sources of that unspeakable and immeasurable

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Contents

  1. THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS
  2. HON. WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL.D.

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