The Andruszkiewicz family in Poland and around Europe will be swept up into the events of the times. The will fight with Napoleon for Polish freedom. This century will see the end of the family's warrior women when the uprisings are suppressed by the Russians. Some members of the family will break with their warrior traditions for more modern and civilized ways of life, seeking new ways of living through their minds and special abilities in art and music. Later as the Crimean war develops the family will find itself fighting on opposite sides, and in one instance against each other. Still, no matter what they did, they were forever patriots to Mother Poland.