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A historical novel in two volumes, Prince of the Brodnyks and Arrows at Close Range, set in the Ukrainian steppes of the fourteenth century, where Ukrainians and Tatars often live side by side as friends. A Ukrainian and Lithuanian army under Prince Algirdas and a Tatar army led by its khans prepare to fight for control of the steppes. The story begins with a band of brodnyks, the wandering vagabonds of the time, who have captured a stranger and want a ransom for him. The village orphan Petryk rescues the wounded man, who turns out to be Dmytro Bobrok. From then on the fate of Petryk and his friend Tymko is tied to Dmytro's, and his to Ukraine's.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Historical, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Ukraine, 14th century

First published

2011 by Темпора

Author's age

74 when first published

ISBN

9786175690383 (original)