Please be clear in your message, if you are referring to the informationįound on this web page or the contents of the book. The story of Joseph Charnetski-Kowalski, set in 1461, is fictional. The legend they created has passed into legend and is now accepted as "history".
Research has shown that the 'legend' was created by the book's author, Eric Kelly, and the illustrator, Aniela (Angela) Pruszynska when trying to imagine an explanation for the foreshortened trumpet playing. Ever since that event subsequent trumpeters have stopped at the same point in the Heynal as it is sounded four times on the hour, all day and night as a signal that all is well. This book introduces the legend that in the 13th century (1241), a Polish boy was killed by the arrow of an invading Tartar from the East, silencing his trumpet a few notes short of completion of the "Heynal," the Hymn to Our Lady, as he stood on a little balcony of the Church of Our Lady Mary in Krakow, Poland. Since it’s available on Audible (see below), the family can enjoy the book together.įor more information about Krakow, you can check out its UNESCO World Heritage inscription description, which includes many images of the Historic City Center.Fiction, historical, Poland, Newbery Medal
So many of the original buildings that stood in the 1400s and the 1920s are still standing today.Īlso, another reviewer suggests reading it aloud. While the city was occupied, it has never been bombed. I have not been to the city myself, but according to this Washington Post article, it probably looks the same. Reading reviews about the book someone wondered how Krakow looked both in the time it takes place and the time of its writing compared to today. The Trumpeter of Krakow is interesting because it was written in the 1920s and is about life in Krakow during the late 1400s. Amazon describes it:Ī Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a great secret treasure and a boy’s memory of an earlier trumpeter of Krakow makes it possible for him to save his father. The Trumpeter of Krakow is about a family who flees Ukraine for Krakow.
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