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Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero was first published in Polish as Quo vadis. Powieść z czasów Nerona. Among Henryk Sienkiewicz’s inspirations was the painting Nero’s Torches (Pochodnie Nerona) by fellow Pole Henryk Siemiradzki; the painting, which depicts cruel persecution of Christians, serves as the cover art for this ebook edition. Sienkiewicz incorporates extensive historical detail into the plot, and notable historical figures serve as prominent characters, including the apostles Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus, Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Ofonius Tigellinus, and the infamous Nero himself. Sienkiewicz used the historical basis of the novel as an opportunity to describe in d...
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From the globally bestselling author of The Witcher comes the final book in the rich historical epic, the Hussite trilogy. Join Reynevan—scoundrel, magician, possibly a fool—as he embarks on a last great adventure across the war-riddled landscape of 15th century Bohemia. After his adventures in The Tower of Fools and Warriors of God, Reynevan is on the run again, harried by enemies—some human, and some mystical—at every turn. These are cruel and dangerous times for a man such as Reynevan, and to survive, he must set aside his history as a peaceful healer and idealist and play the brutal role of Hussite spy as crusades sweep through Silesia and the Czech Republic, and the world around...
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Ognistowłosa Lilian posiada niezwykłe moce. Niestety jej magiczny talent stanowi zagrożenie dla otoczenia i dla niej samej. Na myśl przychodzi jej tylko jedno: ucieczka. Opuszcza Szkołę Magów, by dowiedzieć się, co stało się z jej matką. Gdy odkrywa prawdę, jest zdruzgotana. Nie wie, gdzie się podziać i co zrobić. Tymczasem chłód zimy coraz mocniej daje się we znaki. By przetrwać, dziewczyna przyjmuje pracę w oberży. Nie zdaje sobie sprawy z tego, że jej tropem podąża szpieg Baronowej w towarzystwie Alchemika. Lilian grozi niebezpieczeństwo. Czy stali bywalcy knajpki udzielą jej pomocy? Porwała Cię historia Leto - elfa, który pracuje jako skrytobójca? Czas pozn...
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a novelist, born in Poland. He studied at Warsaw, traveled in the USA, and in the 1870s began to write articles, short stories, and novels. His major work was a war trilogy about 17th-century Poland, but his most widely known book is the story of Rome under Nero, "Quo Vadis?" (1896), several times filmed. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905.