KRASZEWSKI J.I. - Jaszek Orfan zwanego żywota i spraw pamiętnik, (Jagiełłowie od Zygmunta), 1-4 complete [in 2 vols.]. 1st ed. Warsaw 1884.

Author: KRASZEWSKI J.[ózef] I.[gnacy].

Title: Jaszka Orfanem zwanego żywota i spraw pamiętnik, (Jagiełłowie od Zygmunta), 1-4 complete [in 2 vols.]

• Place of issue: Kraków
• Year of publication: 1884
• Publisher: Publishing Company of booksellers in Warsaw. Gebethner and Wolff/Michał Glucksberg/Maurycy Orgelbrand/G. Sennewald
• Number of pages: 233; 238; 235; 204
• Illustrations, maps: ---
• Size: 18 cm
• Binding: hardback half-leather from the epoch, gilt on the spine, decorative lining
• Condition: rubbing/soiling of binding, volume 3 lacks pre-title and title page (photocopy attached)
• ISBN: ---

Description:

Edition 1. Historical novel belonging to the series History of Poland (vol. 19).

The work is written in the form of a fictional diary. Jaszko Orfan is the narrator and title character of the novel. The plot covers the reign of four kings of the Jagiellonian dynasty: Casimir Jagiellon, Jan Olbracht, Alexander Jagiellon and Sigismund the Old. The action begins when Jaszko is a few years old child. Later he is a courtier at the court of four monarchs in succession. He learns that the people who raised him - the townspeople of Vilnius - are his adoptive parents. The hero decides to find out who the real ones are. However, he encounters obstacles.