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
| ISBN: | 9781841593531 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2013 |
| Author: | Miklós Bánffy |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 624 pages |
| Series: | Transylvanian Trilogy |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |