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The Hungarians (häftad, eng)

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

The Hungarians (häftad, eng)

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Produktbeskrivning

This is a comprehensive history of a legendarily proud and passionate but lonely people. Much of Europe once knew them as 'child-devouring cannibals' and 'bloodthirsty Huns', but it was not long before the Hungarians became steadfast defenders of Christendom and fought heroic freedom struggles against the Tartars, the Turks and, among others, the Russians.

Paul Lendvai tells how, despite a string of catastrophes and their linguistic and cultural isolation, the Hungarians have survived as a nation-state for more than 1,000 years. He traces Hungarian politics, culture, economics and emotions, from the Magyars' dramatic entry into the Carpathian Basin in 896 to the brink of the post-Cold War era.

Lendvai brings to life the short-lived revolutionary triumphs of 1848-9 and 1918-19; the traumatic Treaty of Trianon (1920) which deprived Hungary of Transylvania and other historic Magyar lands; and the successive Nazi and Communist tyrannies. These are among the episodes that have formed the consciousness of the Hungarian people.

Through anecdotes of heroes and traitors, victors and victims, geniuses and impostors, Lendvai conveys the multifaceted interplay of progressivism and economic modernisation, versus intolerance and narrow-minded nationalism, on the grand stage of Hungarian history. This work is a blend of narrative, irony and humour; of occasional anger without taboos or prejudices.

It also offers an authoritative key to understanding how and why this corner of Europe has produced such a galaxy of great scientists, artists and entrepreneurs.


Format Häftad Omfång 632 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2021-01-21 ISBN 9781787383364

Artikel.nr.

55961a74-0c72-5ba4-a724-a14c962d7b1c

Egenskaper

Språkversion

Engelska

Bokomslagstyp

Pocket

Antal sidor

632 sidor

Föreslagen målgrupp

Alla

Utgivare

Hurst

Släpp datum

09/2020

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

9781787383364

Vikt & dimension

Bredd

216 mm

Djup

138 mm

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

The Hungarians (häftad, eng)

309 kr

309 kr

Få kvar

Tis, 7 jan - ons, 8 jan


Säker betalning

Öppet köp till och med 7/1-25


Säljs och levereras av

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