Kordian

Spisek koronacyjny; English: Kordian: First Part of a Trilogy: The Coronation Plot) is a drama written in 1833, and published in 1834, by Juliusz Słowacki, one of the "Three Bards" of Polish literature.

[5] It was published next year in Paris,[5] anonymously,[4] leading to speculation that it might have been written by the foremost Polish poet, Adam Mickiewicz.

[5] After Kordian, a 15-year-old romantic, suffers rejection in love and survives a suicide attempt, he travels through Europe, learning the importance of money.

Inspired by Arnold von Winkelried,[4][8] he resolves to devote his life to assassinating Russian Tsar Nicholas I (Russia having been one of Poland's three partitioners).

Słowacki intended to do more than merely show his disappointment with the failure of the November 1830 Uprising; he questioned whether Poland's fate was—as Mickiewicz suggested—in the hands of God, rather than being the plaything of Satan.

He borrowed devices from Shakespeare (Kordian is often compared to Hamlet[4][14]) but also emphasized fantastic elements as well as contemporary, real-world political events.