They Were Counted

Author: Miklos BANFFY

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  • : 9781910050903
  • : Arcadia Books Limited
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  • : 08 September 2016
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  • : Miklos BANFFY
  • : The\Writing on the Wall Ser.
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  • : English
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Barcode 9781910050903
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Description

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.