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"The Teutonic Knights" was first published as a serialized book in the "Weekly Illustrated" (Tygodnik Ilustrowany) magazine from February 1897 to July 1900, and later published as a book in 1900.
It was written as a protest against the Germanization carried out by the Prussian occupied territory authorities.
Sienkiewicz wanted his book to show Poland in the heyday of its military strength. The historical background of 'Teutonic Knights' is a fragment of Polish history depicting the conflict between Jagiellonian Poland and the Teutonic Order. When writing the novel, the author used the Chronicle of Janek from Czarnków, The History by Jan Długosz, and works by historians such as Stanisław Smolka and Karol Szajnoch. He also used German and French historical studies, maps, copies of books, etc. The author describes the history of colorful and expressive figures against the background of significant historical events.
The book edition of the novel crowned the twenty-fifth anniversary of the writer's work. Due to its anti-German language, the Teutonic Knights was the first book published in Poland after World War II.
Even though Sienkiewicz wrote this book at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it still gets good reviews. It is one of the few books that are difficult to put down. Some people read it several times. Its language may be a little aged, but the message is always current. Good always beats evil. Sienkiewicz tells a classic tale of heroic knights, chivalric love, faith, honor, love, and duty. It also depicts the historic battles of medieval Poland.
