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They Were Counted

They Were Counted

Banffy, Miklos
Banffy-Jelen, Kathy
Thursfield, Patrick

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ISBN10: 1910050903
ISBN13: 9781910050903
Publisher: Maclehose Press Quercus
Published: Aug 13 2024
Pages: 560
Weight: 0.97
Height: 1.40 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
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

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