Könyv jellemzők | |
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Kiadó | Quercus Publishing |
Célcsoport | Felnőtt |
Oldalszám | 450 |
Kötés | Fűzött |
Súly | 0.490 kg |
Méret (cm) | 13.0x19.5x3.9 |
ISBN | 9781910050910 |
Nyelv | Angol |
Nyelvi szint | C2-anyanyelvi |
Kiadás éve | 2016 |
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.