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They Were Counted.The Transylvania Trilogy. vol 1.
Miklós Bánffy
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Hardcover. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself. Series: Transylvania Trilogy. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 204 x 38. Weight in Grams: 722.
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 and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself
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 and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Transylvania Trilogy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841593531
SKU
V9781841593531
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About Miklós Bánffy
Miklós Bánffy (1873-1950) was a Hungarian nobleman with extensive estates in Hungarian Transylvania (now Romania), first patron of Bela Bartok and briefly Hungarian foreign minister after WW1. His castle and great library were deliberately destroyed by the retreating Nazis in 1944. INTRODUCER BIOGRAPHY: Hugh Thomas is the author of The Spanish Civil War, Cuba, or the Pursuit of ... Read more
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