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{{Short description|1884 novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz}}
{{About|the Polish historical novel.|the 2011 videogame, see|Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword}}

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| name          = By Fire and Sword
| title_orig    = Ogniem i mieczem
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| image         = Ogniem I Mieczem (1885) (title page).jpg
| caption = Title page of an 1885 edition
| author        = [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]]
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| country       = Poland
| language      = Polish
| series        = [[The Trilogy]]{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
| genre         = [[Historical novel]]
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| release_date  = 1884
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| followed_by   = [[The Deluge (novel)|The Deluge]]
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'''''By Fire and Sword''''' ({{langx|pl|Ogniem i mieczem|links=no}}) is a [[historical novel]] by the Polish author [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as [[The Trilogy]], followed by ''[[The Deluge (novel)|The Deluge]]'' (''Potop'', 1886) and ''[[Fire in the Steppe]]'' (originally published under the Polish title ''Pan Wołodyjowski'', which translates to ''Lord Wolodyjowski''). The novel has been adapted as a film several times, [[With Fire and Sword (film)|most recently]] in 1999.

''By Fire and Sword'' is a [[historical fiction]] novel, set in the 17th century in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] during the [[Khmelnytsky Uprising]]. It was initially [[Serial (literature)|serial]]ized in several Polish newspapers, chapters appearing in weekly installments. It gained enormous popularity in Poland, and by the turn of the 20th century had become one of the most popular Polish books ever. It became obligatory reading in Polish schools, and has been translated into English and most European languages.

The series was a vehicle for expressing Polish [[patriotism]] in a Poland partitioned and deprived of independence.