Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (28 July 1812 – 19 March 1887) was a Polish writer, historian and journalist who produced more than 200 novels and 150 novellas, short stories, and art reviews (including reviews of painters, e.g., ). He is best known for his epic series on the history of Poland, comprising twenty-nine novels in seventy-nine parts. As a novelist writing about Polish history, Kraszewski is generally regarded as second only to Henryk Sienkiewicz.
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The retinue of the lord came first; there were beautiful horses, and several lady riders with lovely faces. All were dressed as for a festival, for hunting was a favourite amusement with Augustus II, who at that time ruled more or less happily over Saxony and Poland.
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