Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781906413897
Publisert
2011-06-30
Utgiver
Quercus Publishing
Vekt
365 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, U, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
430
Forfatter
Biografisk notat
Count Miklós Bánffy (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 organising the last Habsburg coronation, that of King Karl in 1916. His famous "The Writing on the Wall" trilogy was first published in Budapest in the 1930s, and rediscovered for the international market after the fall of communism. This epic work has now been translated into ten languages.
The 1000-year-old kingdom of Hungary, which formed a major part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, was dismembered by the Allies in 1918. Phoenix-like, the Hungarian people survived the horrors of war, the disappointment of the first socialist republic, the disillusion of the brief but terrifying rule of Bela Kun and the bitterness of seeing their beloved country dismembered by the Treaty of Trianon. This is the world Miklos Banffy, author of the hugely popular Transylvanian Trilogy (Arcadia), describes in his arresting memoir.
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This fascinating memoir, written on the heals of Banffy's famous Transylvanian Trilogy, describes life in the post-World War I kingdom of Hungary. Banffy brilliantly describes both the political devastation caused by the Western Allies, as well as the people's relentless spirit and endurance.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781906413897
Publisert
2011-06-30
Utgiver
Quercus Publishing
Vekt
365 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, U, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
430
Forfatter