They Were Counted - The Transylvanian Trilogy, Volume I

"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

Product details

• Authors: Miklos Banffy, Miklós Bánffy
• Assisted by: Kathy Banffy-Jelen (Translation), Patrick Thursfield (Translation), Thursfield Patrick (Translation)
• Publisher: Arcadia Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.08.2024
• EAN: 9781529434668
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-3466-8
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 40 mm
• Assisted by: Patrick Thursfield, Kathy Banffy-Jelen
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Sagas, Historical fiction, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Political corruption, Politics & government, Social issues & processes, Material Culture, Politics and government, Social classes, Social and ethical issues, Corruption in politics, government and society