Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Deluge by Henryk Sienkiewicz The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. By: Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) The war with cannon was no bar to negotiations, which the fathers determined to use at every opportunity. They wished to delude the enemy and procrastinate till aid came, or at least severe winter. But Miller did not cease to believe that the monks wished merely to extort the best terms. In the evening, therefore, after that cannonading, he sent Colonel Kuklinovski again with a summons to surrender. The prior showed Kuklinovski the safeguard of the king, which closed his mouth at once. But Miller had a later command of the king to occupy Boleslav, Vyelunie, Kjepits, and Chenstohova. "Take this order to them," said he to Kuklinovski; "for I think that they will lack means of evasion when it is shown them." But he was deceived. The prior answered: "If the command includes Chenstohova, let the general occupy the place with good fortune. He may be sure that the cloister will make no opposition; but Chenstohova is not Yasna Gora, of which no mention is made in the order." When Miller heard this answer he saw that he had to deal with diplomats more adroit than himself; reasons were just what he lacked, and there remained only cannon. A truce lasted through the night. The Swedes worked with vigor at making better trenches; and on Yasna Gora they looked for the damages of the previous day, and saw with astonishment that there were none. Here and there roofs and rafters were broken, here and there plaster had dropped from the walls, that was all. Of the men, none had fallen, no one was even maimed. The prior, going around on the walls, said with a smile to the soldiers, "But see, this enemy with his bombarding is not so terrible as reported. After a festival there is often more harm done. God's care is guarding you; God's hand protects you; only let us endure, and we shall see greater wonders." Sunday came, the festival of the offering of the Holy Lady. There was no hindrance to services, since Miller was waiting for the final answer, which the monks had promised to send after midday. Mindful meanwhile of the words of Scripture, how Israel bore the ark of God around the camp to terrify the Philistines, they went again in procession with the monstrance. The letter was sent about one o'clock, not to surrender; but to repeat the answer given Kuklinovski, that the church and the cloister are called Yasna Gora, and that the town Chenstohova does not belong to the cloister at all. "Therefore we implore earnestly his worthiness," wrote the prior Kordetski, "to be pleased to leave in peace our Congregation and the church consecrated to God and His Most Holy Mother, so that God may be honored therein during future times. Continue reading book >> The Deluge by Henryk Sienkiewicz. AKA Henryk Adam Alexander Pius Sienkiewicz. Born: 5-May-1846 Birthplace: Wola Okrzejska, Poland Died: 15-Nov-1916 Location of death: Vevey, Switzerland Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, St. John's Basilica, Warsaw, Poland. Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author. Nationality: Poland Executive summary: Quo Vadis? Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote short stories, edited a daily newspaper, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905, for writing several sweeping epic novels. His most famous works include Quo Vadis? , a story of Christian persecution in ancient Rome that was a best-seller in America and has been filmed four times. He also wrote the famous short story "The Lighthouse Keeper", and a trilogy of historical novels ( Ogniem i mieczem , Potop , and Pan Wolodyjowski ) depicting the Poles' battles against Cossacks, Tatars, Turks, and Swedes. The 1951 film of Quo Vadis? was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starred (ambiguous link, Robert Taylor) and Deborah Kerr. A 1965 adaptation of Ogniem i Mieczem starred Jeanne Crain and was released in America as Invasion 1700 . Sienkiewicz was popular with Polish readers, both for his writing and for his rebellious stance in opposition to the Russian government which had annexed Poland. In 1900 a campaign for voluntary contributions collected the funds necessary to present him with a small castle as a "thank you" for stirring the patriotism of an oppressed people. He lived in the castle until the outbreak of World War I, when he fled to Switzerland and spent his last years working with his friend, the pianist Ignace Paderewski, to provide relief for Polish refugees. Sienkiewicz's novels remain popular to this day, and the author himself is remembered as a national hero. At the conclusion of World War I -- two years after his death -- his beloved Poland was restored to sovereign status. His castle is now The Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum. Wife: Maria Szetkiewiczówna (b. 1854, m. 1881, d. 1885 tuberculosis) Son: Henryk Jozef Sienkiewicz (b. 1882, d. 1959) Daughter: Jadwiga Sienkiewicz-Korniłowiczowa (b. 1883, d. 1969) Author of books: Na Marne (In Vain) ( 1872 ) Charcoal Sketches, and Other Tales ( 1876 , collected short stories) Ogniem i Mieczem (With Fire and Sword) ( 1884 ) Potop (The Deluge) ( 1886 ) Pan Wolodyjowski (Fire in the Steppe) ( 1888 ) Bez dogmatu (Without Dogma) ( 1890 ) Rodzina Polanieckich (Children of the Soil) ( 1894 ) Quo Vadis?:A Tale of the Time of Nero ( 1896 ) After Bread: A Story of Polish Emigrant Life to America ( 1897 ) Krzyzacy ( 1900 ) Na polu chwaly (On the Field of Glory) ( 1906 ) Wiry (Whirlpools) ( 1910 ) W Pustyni I W Puszczy (In Desert and Wilderness) ( 1912 ) Tales from Henryk Sienkiewicz ( 1931 , collected short stories, published posthumously) The Deluge: Volume 1. All our eBooks are FREE to download! sign in or create a new account. EPUB 850 KB. Kindle 950 KB. $2.99. Support epubBooks by making a small PayPal donation purchase . Description. Split into two volumes due to length, this work is the sequel to With Fire and Sword , a massive book called one of the greatest in European literature. The Deluge continues the sweeping saga of war and rebellion that threatened the kingdom of Poland and changed the face of Eastern Europe in the 17th Century. This historical novel of Poland, Sweden and Russia, is a masterful blend of history and imagination, filled with nonstop action and adventure. Sienkiewicz’s work is the sweeping saga of a nation caught in the throes of a civil war, of a people struggling for survival, and of events that forever changed the face of Eastern Europe. Number two in his trilogy on the history of Poland, it tells the love story of a man and a woman tragically separated by foolishness, pride, confusion and the Swedish invation of Poland in the 1500s which divided a nation against itself and drew the best and worst out of its citizens. 914 pages, with a reading time of. 14.0 hours (228,732 words) , and first published in 1886. This DRM-Free edition published by epubBooks , 2014 . Community Reviews. Your Review. Sign up or Log in to rate this book and submit a review. There are currently no other reviews for this book. Excerpt. There was in Jmud a powerful family, the Billeviches, descended from Mendog, connected with many, and respected, beyond all, in the district of Rossyeni. The Billeviches had never risen to great offices, the highest they had filled were provincial; but in war they had rendered the country unsurpassed services, for which they were richly rewarded at various times. Their native nest, existing to this day, was called Billeviche; but they possessed many other estates, both in the neighborhood of Rossyeni and farther on toward Krakin, near Lauda, Shoi, Nyevyaja, and beyond Ponyevyej. In later times they branched out into a number of houses, the members of which lost sight of one another. They all assembled only when there was a census at Rossyeni of the general militia of Jmud on the plain of the invited Estates. They met also in part under the banners of the Lithuanian cavalry and at provincial diets; and because they were wealthy and influential, even the Radzivills, all powerful in Lithuania and Jmud, had to reckon with them. In the reign of Yan Kazimir, the patriarch of all the Billeviches, was Heraclius, colonel of light-horse and under-chamberlain of Upita. He did not dwell in the ancestral nest, which was rented at that time by Tomash, the sword-bearer of Rossyeni; Heraclius Billevich owned also Vodokty, Lyubich, and Mitruny, situated near Lauda, surrounded, as if with a sea, by agriculturists of the petty nobility. Besides the Billeviches there were only a few of the more considerable families in the neighborhood, such as the Sollohubs, the Montvills, the Schyllings, the Koryznis, the Sitsinskis,–though there was no lack of smaller nobility of these names; finally, the whole river region of Lauda was thickly studded with so-called “neighborhoods,” or, in common parlance, zastsianki , occupied by the nobility of Lauda, renowned and celebrated in the history of Jmud. In other neighborhoods of the region the families took their names from the places, or the places from the families, as was customary in Podlyasye; but along the river region of Lauda it was different. In Morezi dwelt the Stakyans, whom Batory in his time settled there for bravery at Pskoff; in Volmontovichi, on good land, swarmed the Butryms, the bulkiest fellows in all Lauda, noted for few words and heavy hands,–men who in time of provincial diets, raids on property, or wars were wont to go in close rank and in silence.