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The Knights of the Cross
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The Knights of the Cross or The Teutonic Knights (Polish: Krzyżacy) is a 1900 historical novel written by the eminent Polish Positivist writer and the 1905 Nobel laureate, Henryk Sienkiewicz. Its first English translation was published in the same year as the original.The book was serialized by the magazine Tygodnik Illustrowany between 1897–1899 before its first complete printed edition appeared in 1900. The book was first translated into English by Jeremiah Curtin, a contemporary of Henryk Sienkiewicz. The Teutonic Knights had since been translated into 25 languages. It was the first book to be printed in Poland at the end of World War II in 1945, due to its relevance in the context of Nazi German destruction of Poland followed by mass population transfers. The book was made into a movie in 1960 by Aleksander Ford.
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original title:
Krzyżacy
date of publication:
1900 or 1953
genre:
historical novel
main subject:
Křižáci
narrative location:
State of the Teutonic Order
characters:
Danusia Jurandówna, Jagienka of Zgorzelice, Jurand of Spychów, Maćko z Bogdańca, Zbyszko of Bogdaniec, Władysław II Jagiełło, Jadwiga of Poland, Janusz I of Warsaw, Danutė of Lithuania, Vytautas, Ulrich von Jungingen, Siemowit IV, Kuno von Lichtenstein, Zawisza Czarny, Powała of Taczew, Zyndram of Maszkowice, Marcin of Wrocimowice, Alexandra of Lithuania, Zygfryd de Löwe