They Were Counted - Couverture souple

Banffy, Miklos

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 190514797X ISBN 13 : 9781905147977

Editeur : Arcadia Books, 2009

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Miklos Banffy (1873-1950) was variously a diplomat, MP and foreign minister in 1921/22 when he signed the peace treaty with the United States and obtained Hungary's admission to the League of Nations. He was responsible for organizing the last Habsburg coronation, that of King Karl in 1916. His famous Transylvanian Trilogy, They Were Counted, They Were Found Wanting, They Were Divided was first published in Budapest in the 1930s.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 190514797X
• ISBN 13: 9781905147977
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 596
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• Personne responsable: non disponible