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''The Tower of Fools'' (
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
original title: ''Narrenturm'') is the first
historical fantasy Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into a more "realistic" narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fantasy; those classed as Arthur ...
novel in the ''
Hussite Trilogy The ''Hussite Trilogy'' (, ) is a historical fantasy series of novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. It consists of three books: ''The Tower of Fools'', '' Warriors of God'' and ''Light Perpetual''. It is set in the Lands of the Bohemian Cro ...
'' written by Polish
fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in 2002 in Polish and in English in 2020. It is followed by ''
Warriors of God ''Warriors of God'' () is a historical novel with fantasy elements, written by Andrzej Sapkowski. It is the sequel to '' Narrenturm'' in the ''Hussite Trilogy''. Its events take place in Bohemia and Silesia, during the time of Hussite Wars. The t ...
'' (''Boży bojownicy'') and '' Lux perpetua''. It tells the story of Reinmar of Bielawa, also called Reynevan von Bielau. The action takes place in
Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
in 1425, at the time of the
Hussite Wars The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, European monarchs loyal to the Cat ...
. The setting is mostly historical, with some historical characters and descriptions of particular locations. Fantasy elements include occasional magical feats, artifacts, and non-human characters. The German word '' Narrenturm'' means ''The Tower of Fools'', a tower in which, in
Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
, people suffering from rare mental diseases were isolated. ''The Tower of Fools'' has been translated to Czech, Slovak, Russian,
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, Hungarian, Finnish,
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. Rights to the English translation of the trilogy have been acquired, and it has been published in 2020 by
Orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a p ...
in the US, and
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in the UK, with the translator being David French, translator of several Sapkowski's ''Witcher'' books.


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Andrzej Sapkowski's official page(Polish)
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Andrzej Sapkowski's official page
' * Polish historical novels Polish fantasy novels Fiction set in the 1420s 2002 novels Hussite Wars 21st-century Polish novels Hussite Trilogy {{2000s-fantasy-novel-stub