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They were counted / Miklós Bánffy ; translated from the Hungarian by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Jelen ; foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. - London : Maclehouse Press - Quercus, 2024. - XXXI, [3], 621 stron : ilustracje ; 20 cm.

(The Transylvanian trilogy / Miklós Bánffy ; vol. 1)

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Bánffy Miklós (1873-1950). Autor Thursfield Patrick. Tłumaczenie Bánffy-Jelen Katalin. Tłumaczenie Fermor Patrick Leigh (1915-2011). Wstęp Bánffy Miklós (1873-1950). Erdélyi történet (ang.)

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Literatura węgierska

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Arystokracja Gry hazardowe Nierówności społeczne Parlamentarzyści Polityka Relacja romantyczna Stosunki etniczne Życie towarzyskie Austro-Węgry Siedmiogród (Rumunia ; kraina historyczna)

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Książka w języku angielskim. The first volume Bánffy’s trilogy. 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. The second volume of the trilogy is titled "They were found wanting".

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They were found wanting / Miklós Bánffy ; translated from the Hungarian by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Jelen ; foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. - London : Maclehouse Press - Quercus, 2024. - XXXI, [3], 621 stron : ilustracje ; 20 cm.

(The Transylvanian trilogy / Miklós Bánffy ; vol. 2)

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Książki Proza

Demographic Group

Literatura węgierska

Subject

Arystokracja Gry hazardowe Nierówności społeczne Parlamentarzyści Polityka Relacja romantyczna Stosunki etniczne Życie towarzyskie Austro-Węgry Siedmiogród (Rumunia ; kraina historyczna)

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Powieść historyczna

Książka w języku angielskim. Part two of the trilogy that began with "They were counted". The tale of two Transylvanian cousins, their loves, their ambitions and their fortunes continues in They Were Found Wanting. Balint Abady is forced to part from the beautiful and unhappily married Adrienne Uzdy. Laszlo Gyeroffy is rapidly heading for self-destruction through drink and his own fecklessness. The politicians, quarrelling among themselves and stubbornly ignoring their countrymen’s real needs, are still pursuing their vendetta with the Habsburg rule from Vienna. Meanwhile they fail to notice how the Great Powers – through such events as Austria’s annexation of Bosnia-Herzagovina in 1908 – are moving ever closer to the conflagration of 1914-1918 that will destroy their world for ever. Banffy’s portrait contrasts a life of privilege and corruption with the lives and problems of an expatriate Romanian peasant minority whom Balint tries to help. It is an unrivalled evocation of a rich and fascinating aristocratic world oblivious of its impending demise.

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Poliglotka (Nowolipki 21)

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