KRASZEWSKI - ZYGMUNT TIMES A Novel of the Year 1572 4t.[complete]. Wyd.1, 1846

KRASZEWSKI J.I.

ZYGMUNT TIMES

A novel from the year 1572

4t. [Co-edited set]

Warsaw 1846, Printed and printed by S. Orgelbrand Ksiegarz i Typograf, pp. 234,[2], 226,[2], 223,[2], 225,[2]; format 12x18cm

The story presented in "Sigismund Times" is set in the last year of the reign of Sigismund Augustus. The protagonist of the book is a young boy, whose background and fate we learn about while reading this masterpiece novel. The plot begins when Maciek Skowronek arrives in Krakow and begins the life of a poor student there. From the beginning he attracts the interest of various people, some of whom try to surround him with care, while others have the opposite intentions.Human nature is unchangeable - today as then some people are driven by greed and pride. Kraszewski is a master of spinning intrigue in an excellent way while painting the life of 16th century Poland, which he considered far more colorful, boisterous and expressive than his contemporaries. The atmosphere of intrigue prevailing at the court of the dying king was superbly painted, but also the life of the Cracow townspeople, beggars and the Żak brothers. There is also no lack of descriptions of life in the borderlands of Poland, showing the constant terror of the Tatars.

First edition! Rare!

HARDCOVER HALF LEATHER OF THE PERIOD

Condition DB- scuffs, rubbing of binding edges, soiling of pages, partially removed ownership markings, spine bias