The Brothers who Rose from the Dead

by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Nicholas Hasselgreen (Translator)

This novel is set in Poland, in the early 11th century. King Boleslaw the Brave has consolidated the position of Christianity in the country, and brought in monasteries, which help spread the faith and education. Against this backdrop, we follow the fortunes of the two young Jaks brothers. They have committed a serious crime, and now find that their lives depend on the discretion and courage of Queen Emnilda. She helps them, on the understanding that they will do penance for their crime. Meanwhile, the King seeks to become the first crowned ruler of Poland.
The novel is a translation of Kraszewski's original Polish ‘Bracia Zmartwychwstańcy’, published in 1876.

413 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 5, 2023

About the author

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski was a Polish writer, historian and journalist who produced more than 200 novels and 150 novellas, short stories, and art reviews (including painters, e.g., Michał Kulesza). He is best known for his epic series on the history of Poland, comprising twenty-nine novels in seventy-nine parts.

As a novelist writing about Polish history, Kraszewski is generally regarded as second only to Henryk Sienkiewicz.