Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Littafin ya fito ne daga mujallar "Tygodnik Illustrowany" tsakanin 1897<unk>1899 kafin a fara buga littafinsa na farko a 1900. Littafin da aka fara fassara shi zuwa Turanci shi ne Jeremiah Curtin, wani zamani na Henryk Sienkiewicz. Tun daga lokacin an fassara "The Teutonic Knights" zuwa harsuna 25. Littafin shine littafi na farko da aka buga a Poland a ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na II a 1945, saboda mahimmancinsa a cikin yanayin lalatawar Nazi na Poland
biye da yawan jama'a. Littafin ya zama fim a cikin 1960 ta Aleksander Ford.