The forces of the enemies have conspired against the Kingdom. The enemy from all sides invaded its lands, persecuted the inhabitants, ruthlessly plundered palaces, villages and temples. Until finally they arose ... Sounds like the beginning of a crazy novel? No, it's Polish history.
Some people compare these times to Martin's Game of Thrones. In a sense, the longing for the Starks, Lannisters and Targaryens while waiting for the rest of the story can be cured by delving into the history of Poland.
It is true that there are no dragons and faceless people here, but the corpse is thick, and there is no shortage of conspiracies, betrayals, murders and battles.
When Władysław IV Waza breathed his last, no one thought that in a few years Poland would face the Khmelnytsky uprising and the Cossack-Tatar storm, the great invasion of Tsar Alexius, the Swedish invasion, the Radziwiłł rebellion, the attack of the cruel Transylvanian troops, Brandenburg ...
The Swedish Deluge and the events surrounding it are one of the bloodiest and most colorful periods in the history of the Republic of Poland. We know him from the classic Sienkiewicz trilogy and films based on it by Jerzy Hoffman. Unfortunately, the classic of Polish literature did not always stick to the facts, although he perfectly researched the epoch. We believe indiscriminately in his story and still do not know the times well enough to understand them. After all, Poland was close to permanently disappearing from the map of Europe almost a century and a half earlier.
Sławomir Leśniewski's book "Deluge Czas shańby i Sławy 1655-1660", which has just been published by Wydawnictwo Literackie, is an extraordinary story.
Sławomir Leśniewski, who specializes in popular science publications, described this fascinating period of Polish history from scratch, with gusto and panache, basing on facts and outlining the expressive profiles of the participants of the drama - starting with the younger brother of the late Władysław, King Jan Kazimierz Vasa, known as Initium Calamitatis Regni (The Beginning of the Defeat of the Kingdom), whose exuberant ambitions and conflicts with native magnates brought the Swedish invasion to the Republic of Poland, through Heronim Radziejowski, who, banished by the king, returned with the Swedes, to the unspoiled heroes of that period:Stefan Czarniecki or Gabriel Wojiłłowicz, the novel Kmicic. / P>
Flood. A time of disgrace and fame 1655-1660 is a historical testimony and a fascinating novel in one, which is in no way inferior to the multi-volume, fantastic A Song of Ice and Fire George R.R. Martin. Lose yourself in history!
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