He does have Jan’s knightly characteristics, but he also has Bogun’s. I was going to say he’s the Jan Skrzetuski of the second book but, well … first of all, Jan is IN the book, and second of all … his character is not at all like Jan.
But he IS the hero of the second book in Henryk Sienkiewicz’s trilogy, The Deluge (Potop in Polish). Too bad I don’t have a shot of him yet, he would have fit into this post very well.Īs long as we’re in Lithuania, though, we have to talk about Andrzej Kmicic. He was Great Hetman of Lithuania after Janusz Radziwill. I mean, it’s kind of strange to just have a made-up prince surrounded by all of this reality, isn’t it? Then again, he definitely does NOT look anything like Bo Radziwill so … I must be wrong.Īccording to the M&B wiki, he is based on Pawel Jan Sapieha. I thought maybe he was supposed be Prince Boguslav Radzivill of Lithuania, Janusz’ cousin. But how about some Lithuanians today? I mean, they are part of the Commonwealth, too, you know! Ok, I know you have all been on the edge of your seats ALL WEEK for another post full of Poles.
