My three ultimate favourite characters from Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trylogy since the day when I read the books for the first time:
Prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
Andrzej Kmicic
Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł
This list still stands after so many years. :)
The same applies to the movies.
Funnily enough, I don’t have any favourite character from “Pan Wołodyjowski”. I don’t like this part of the Trilogy.
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Ku serc pokrzepieniu temat -
Leży w krypcie szkłem przykryty
Kniaź Jarema, Kniaź Jarema
Ojciec dzieci na pal wbitych!
Jacek Kaczmarski
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Here I present three bookmarks which I drew as gifts last year. As you can see, they depict two characters of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s „With Fire and Sword”: Jurko Bohun and Jan Skrzetuski.
Many readers of “With Fire and Sword” are divided into two groups: fans of Skrzetuski and lovers of Bohun. 😊 No wonder, it is a natural reaction based on characters’ description and events mentioned in the book.
Neither of them is my favourite character in the book. 😉 Since I read the book for the first time, my heart has belonged to Kniaź Jarema! 😍
For non-Polish speakers, Kniaź Jarema = Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Prince of Vyshnivets, Lubny and Khorol. He was a controversial person. One of the best Polish-Ruthenian leaders, he was hated by the Cossacks for obvious reasons.
Of course, I support Ukraine’s independence but I find it quite poignant that Lubny and Kyiv (!) were then a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Ze as John Snow the grand prince (knyaz*) of Kiev. It was one of Vasya’s dream visions. His appearance was quite funny here. He looked like a rock star. :D Luckily enough, in the reality Holoborodko escaped the fate of the knyaz.
*Hey, how to transliterate “князь” in English? I love the sound of this word! In both Ukrainian and Polish. “Kniaź” mainly reminds me of Prince Jarema, tho. ;)
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Drży ze strachu czerń kozacza,
Dęba stają osełedce -
Kniaź Jarema się nawraca,
Prawosławnej wiary nie chce.
Jacek Kaczmarski
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