With Fire and Sword

Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a Polish journalist, novelist, and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his exceptional contribution to literature. He was born in Wola Okrzejska, then a part of Russian-controlled Poland, into an impoverished noble family. Sienkiewicz studied in Warsaw and began his career in journalism, writing both for newspapers and periodicals. His experiences as a corresponden...