They Were Counted

By Miklós Bánffy

Book Overview

Painting an unrivalled portrait of the vanished world of pre-1914 Hungary, this story is told through the eyes of two young Transylvanian cousins, Count Balint Ab dy and Count L szl Gyeroffy. Shooting parties in great country houses, turbulent scenes in parliament, and the luxury of 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. Ab dy 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 first book in a trilogy published before World War II, it was rediscovered after the fall of Communism in Hungary and this edition contains a new foreword.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190514797X
• ISBN13: 9781905147977
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Books
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"