Wacław Gąsiorowski—*Bem*. A 19th-century historical novel [1912]

Wacław Gąsiorowski / Bem. A 19th-century historical novel / Warsaw 1912 / Gebethner and Wolff / half-cloth binding / 505 pp. + II / illustration depicting J. Bem next to the title page / condition: good+, scuffing on the edges of the binding, scuffing on the binding and spine, minor soiling on the page edges, minor soiling on the pages

A historical novel dedicated to the life of Józef Bem, tracing his journey from the Napoleonic era, through the November Uprising, the Great Emigration, and the Spring of Nations, all the way to his service in the Turkish army. The book combines a biographical narrative with a patriotic perspective on the protagonist’s life, presenting Bem as a symbolic figure of the 19th-century struggles for freedom.