Eine aegyptische Königstochter vs Pan Michael An historical novel: Which Should You Read?

Eine aegyptische Königstochter Georg Moritz Ebers · 1800 46 pages · ≈ 51 min · Challenging

It is now four years since this book first appeared before the public, and I feel it my duty not to let a second edition go forth into the world without a few words of accompaniment. It hardly seems necessary to assure…

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 ★★★★☆ 3.8 542 pages · ≈ 10 h 02 m · Challenging

The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of…