Adventures of Conrad Stargard

Adventures of Conrad Stargard are a time travel series of books by Polish-American bestselling author Leo Frankowski. The series’ main character Conrad Schwartz time travels back to 13th century where he has adapt to his new world and various crisis including the invasion of Poland by Mongols in 1240. Critics have described Conrad as a Mary Sue ( a perfect fictional character), and some aspects of the books can be viewed as authorial wish-fulfillment. In response to the criticism the first book received, the author was forced to modify his character to have traits opposite as himself, such as Conrad’s Catholicism and Socialism.