{"product_id":"pan-michael-1","title":"Pan Michael","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePan Michael\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series' protagonists: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePan Michael\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Volodyovski.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Polish Commonwealth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePan Michael\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichael\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e despairing of life-to the point of him joining a monastery. His friends, shocked at the loss of the great knight which has now left the Commonwealth unprotected, hatch a plan to bring him back to his true calling.As with many of the characters in the Trilogy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichael\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is fictional but based heavily on historical record: his character's exploits and circumstances owe a lot to the real Polish knight Jerzy Wolodyjowski, who was also in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJan Sobieski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's cavalry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePan Michael\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was, like the other books in the Trilogy, initially serialized in Sienkiewicz's newspaper Slowo, before being collected into a novel five years later in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1893\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The book, and the Trilogy as a whole, was very well received, and allowed Sienkiewicz to resign his editorial post to focus on his novels.The novel was the first of the Trilogy to be filmed (as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1969\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's Colonel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWolodyjowski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and it was also later converted into a successful television series in Poland. This edition is based on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1893\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e translation by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJeremiah Curtin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912721195199,"sku":"0b9f7776-ed85-4230-8eb8-0a0832b45549","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/76d0eeb92c13fa639776edcb1d25d1d5.jpg?v=1785024706","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/pan-michael-1","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}