Kalabaliken i Bender

The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709 The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy the czar of Russia Peter the Great But the Turks think hes an expensive guest and want him out of Turkey However he refuses The sultan then decides to send Karl XII a princess to marry him to get him out of the country a bride for a bribe The two Swedish soldiers Lagercrona and Kruus are to escort the princess They experience many different adventures on their way to Bender namely because other Swedish soldiers and agents try to stop them from ever reaching the village because they dont want Karl XII to leave Turkey After their long adventure to get there and a few misunderstandings the famous kalabalik of Bender where the Turks decide to drive Karl XII out of Turkey by force begins