They were counted.The Transylvania Trilogy. Vol 1.
- Hardcover
624 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2013
Summary
A trilogy of significant and addictive works describing the decline of Hungary in the years before the first world war.
Shooting parties in great country houses, turbulent scenes in parliament, and the luxury life in Budapest provide the backdrop for this gripping, prescient novel, forming a chilling indictment of upper-class frivolity and political folly, in which good manners cloak indifference and brutality. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841593531 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841593532 |
| Author: | Miklós Bánffy |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 717g |
| Series: | Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics |
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Miklós Bánffy
Miklos Banffy (1873-1950) was a Hungarian nobleman with extensive estates in Hungarian Transylvania (now Romania). He was the first patron of Bela Bartok and briefly served as Hungarian Foreign Minister after World War I. His castle and great library were deliberately destroyed by the retreating Nazis in 1944.
Hugh Thomas is the author of The Spanish Civil War, Cuba, or the Pursuit of Freedom, and a trilogy about the Spanish Empire. He was Professor of History at Reading University and has also served in the Foreign Office and as Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies. His books include novels, biographies, and political as well as historical works. He became a Life Peer in 1981 as Baron Thomas of Swynnerton.
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