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IT"S HERE! The 2nd Installment of THE LIFE OF MAREK ZACZEK
The Life of Marek Zaczek Volume 2: Embers of Love and War
This book is the second installment in the historical fiction saga, "The Life of Marek Zaczek." It follows the life of this young Polish peasant boy from his birth in 1772 through the era of the Partitions of Poland, and on through the Napoleonic Wars which he becomes immersed in. Volume 2 "Embers of Love and War" picks up a few years after Volume 1 "Under the Wings of Eagles." As volume 2 opens, Marek is 32 years old and serving in Napoleon's Army under General Dąbrowski 's Polish Legions. This volume closes as Napoleon enters Warsaw in December of 1806 and into the beginning of January 1807. This work historically focuses on the Rise of Napoleon, his ascension to being coronated as Emperor of the French, and his navy's dramatic encounters with Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson. The romantic relationships are detailed of Admiral Nelson with Lady Emma Hamilton, and Napoleon with, first, Josephine, and later with the Polish Countess Marie Walewska. The continuation of the fictional romance of Marek and Maya is threaded throughout the novel.
THE LATEST CLAY AND DEEKIE NOVEL!!!
The year is 1873, and Clay and Deekie take up with a flamboyant gambler and travel to Memphis, Tennessee. Once there, Clay takes advantage of their location to take the Old Butterfield Overland Stage Coach to Fort Worth and search for his missing "Diddy".
A Texas billionaire's dying mother claims to have given birth to twin sons who later fought in World War II. Is this shocking family revelation real, or a manifestation of her dementia? Diane Sterling and her team are called in to investigate, and she uncovers a story stretching back to 1912, involving three international families who become entangled in fighting the Nazi invasion in Arctic Norway.
Book Review by Mary E. Lanham from December 2020
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THE TWINS OF NARVIK, PART I (Abridged Review)
The Twins of Narvik is a mystery split into two alternating-but interwoven tales, cleverly wrapped around a World War I-II history lesson. The time period of Part I is 1912 to 1939, told from a present-day viewpoint. This book is part of Trawinski’s Churchill Trilogy. Quotes from Winston Churchill are sprinkled throughout the book.
Trawinski has a natural talent to keep one turning the pages to find out what happens next.
If you like war books with intel ops, you will like this mystery... but you'll still find plenty of "chick flick" material. Romance, family secrets, interpersonal relations, mental illness, DNA identifying lost relatives, father/son difficulties, the avoidable problems caused by excess wealth, power, money, adventure - it's all there. And as I said earlier, Trawinski has a natural talent to keep you turning ages to find out just how his clues interconnect to solve the mystery.
Barbara Betlejewska
Polish American Journal
May-June 2021
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Set against the backdrop of late eighteenth-century Poland, is the first volume of "The Life of Marek Zaczek" by well-known Polish American author David Trawinski. In this volume, the protagonist comes of age during the turbulent times of the partitions of Poland.
Born into a peasant's life on the estate of a duke, Marek Zaczek seems fated to work in a salt mine. As he grows up watching the duke's horses, he develops s love for the animals and soon has his heart set on working with them. As he matures, he becomes infatuated with the idea of becoming like the great winged Hussars.
Marek has aspirations that are above his station, but what he doesn't know about his origins would change his world forever. Marek's mother keeps secrets from him that will turn their lives and the lives of his grandparents upside-down and inside-out. Magda,as his mother is known, is the daughter of a noble couple who were exiled to Russia. The other secret is the truth of Marek's parentage, which she cannot bring herself to reveal to him.
The novel illustrates the cruel way some nobles exerted their power over the peasants that worked their land; The duke viewed the peasants on his estate as his property, which Magda bravely contradicts. Although this novel focuses on Marek, the women in the book, especially Magda, shine as resilient characters as they rally against the hardships they are forced to endure at the hands of men.
To give a larger view of the tumultuous times, Trawinski has the characters of the duke and Count Von Arndt, an acquaintance of the duke, discuss and expound upon the changing world order. With this, the author sets the stage for his cast of assorted characters.
Mary E. Lanham
Polish American Journal
December 2020
