A maiden held captive by the witch
One character in this novel promises not to interfere with the property rights of the Rozlogi estate in return for consent to marry his beloved, and later that character is saved from Tugai Bey's wrath by a stranger who he found injured in a marsh and nursed back to health at the beginning of this novel. A maiden held captive by the witch Horpyna is rescued by a party led by the boisterous knight Zagloba, who learns the evil Bogun had orchestrated the kidnapping of Princess Helena because she promised her hand in marriage to the protagonist. At the end of this novel the protagonist, Lieutenant Pan Yan, alerts King Kasimir of the siege of Zbaraz in which Prince Yeremi fought off Hmelnitski's Cossack and Tartar forces. Forming a trilogy with Fire in the Steppe and The Deluge, FTP, name this bloody historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
One character in this novel promises not to interfere with the property rights of the Rozlogi estate in return for consent to marry his beloved, and later that character is saved from Tugai Bey's wrath by a stranger who he found injured in a marsh and nursed back to health at the beginning of this novel.
{With Fire and Sword}