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The Rising Hawk is one of Ivan Franko's most famous works. In this historical novel, the writer combined his political views and poetic romance of ancient heroic times based on historical facts, chronicles, and folk legends and traditions. The main idea of the story is to preserve the spiritual, political and economic freedom of the community as a whole and of each individual in particular. "I am writing a historical story from the thirteenth century (the Mongol invasion)," the writer wrote in a letter, "in which I try to show the self-governing, unbegun and federal life of our communities, the struggle of the veche-federal element with the destructive princely-boyar element and, finally, with the destructive power of the Mongols, on the basis of historical acts about ancient social life. The views expressed here by Zakhar Berkut can be considered a characteristic of the views of the common people of that time on the princes and their bloody feuds. Though the story contains a lot of historical and non-historical scenery, I hope it will arouse a keen interest in modern people as well."

For a wide range of readers.