They Were Counted
Published on 7. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
596 pages
978-1-905147-97-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
frontispiece
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905147-97-7 (9781905147977)
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Persons
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.
Content
Foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor