Konrad Wallenrod
By Adam Mickiewicz
Cover: Ruins of the Castle on the Trakai Lake (Lake Galvė) by Wincenty Dmochowski (1807-1862) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Konrad Wallenrod, a Lithuanian taken as a boy by the Teutonic Knights and raised among them, rises to become Grand Master of the Order in order to destroy it from within. Mickiewicz's narrative poem of 1828 is a story of betrayal for the sake of a country and of the love that cannot be saved. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.