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They Were Counted - Paperback

by Miklós Bánffy
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Miklos Banffy, Patrick Thursfield, Kathy Banffy-JelenSeries:Writing on the WallPublish date:2024-08-13Pages:560
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia BooksISBN-13:9781910050903ISBN-10:1910050903UPC:9781910050903Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, ClassicsSize:7.70 x 5.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCY1VB2EEW

"Perfect late night reading" JAN MORRIS
"Banffy is a born storyteller" PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR
"Totally absorbing" MARTHA KEARNEY
"So evocative" SIMON JENKINS

An extraordinary portrait of the vanished world of pre-1914 Hungary, They Were Counted is an epic story told through the eyes of two cousins, Count Balint Abady and Count Laszlo Gyeroffy. 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.

This is the first volume Banffy's trilogy, which continues with They Were Found Wanting and They Were Divided. It was rediscovered for an international readership after the fall of communism in Hungary.

With a Foreword by Patrick Leigh-Fermor
Translated from Hungarian by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Banffy-Jelen
WINNER OF THE WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia BooksISBN-13:9781910050903ISBN-10:1910050903UPC:9781910050903Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, ClassicsSize:7.70 x 5.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCY1VB2EEW
Count Miklos Banffy (1873-1950) was variously a diplomat, MP and foreign minister in 1921-22 when he signed the peace treaty with the United State 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.
Publisher: Arcadia Books

Edition

UK Edition

Contributor(s)

Miklos Banffy, Patrick Thursfield, Kathy Banffy-Jelen

Author

Miklós Bánffy

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