Quo Vadis · 1896
A historical novel set in Rome under Nero: a patrician and a young Christian woman from a foreign people are drawn together against the backdrop of the emperor's court, persecution and the first communities of a new faith. Sienkiewicz's best known book, read the world over.
The Knights of the Cross · 1900
A historical novel of Poland at the turn of the fifteenth century and its struggle with the Teutonic Order. The fate of a young knight and the woman he loves is woven into the events leading toward the Battle of Grunwald. It holds one of the most famous battle scenes in literature.