Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a Slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master\'s daughter.
Racked by his consciousness of sin in taking a Gentile wife and by the difficulties of concealing her identity, Jacob nonetheless stands firm as the violence of the era threatens to destroy the ill-fated couple..
Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can\'t live without her, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community.
Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a Slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master\'s daughter