The Transylvanian Trilogy, Volume I: They Were Counted;

The Transylvanian Trilogy, Volume I: They Were Counted; Introduction by Hugh Thomas (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
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**Washington PostÂ Best Books of 2013**

The celebrated TRANSYLVANIAN TRILOGY by Count MiklÂ³s BÂ¡nffy is a stunning historical epic set in the lost world of the Hungarian aristocracy just before World War I. Written in the 1930s and first discovered by the English-speaking world after the fall of communism in Hungary, BÂ¡nffyâ‚¬s novels were translated in the late 1990s to critical acclaim and now appear for the first time in hardcover.

They Were Counted, the first novel in the trilogy, introduces us to a decadent, frivolous, and corrupt society unwittingly bent on its own destruction during the last years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. BÂ¡nffyâ‚¬s lush depiction of an opulent lost paradise focuses on two upper-class cousins who couldnâ‚¬t be more different: Count Balint AbÂ¡dy, a liberal politician who compassionately defends his homelandâ‚¬s downtrodden Romanian peasants, and his dissipated cousin LÂ¡szlÂ³, whose life is a whirl of parties, balls, hunting, and gambling. They Were Counted launches a story that brims with intrigues, love affairs, duels, murder, comedy, and tragedy, set against the rugged and ravishing scenery of Transylvania. Along with the other two novels in the trilogyâ‚¬"They Were Found Wanting and They Were Dividedâ‚¬"it combines a Proustian nostalgia for the past, insight into a collapsing empire reminiscent of the work of Joseph Roth, and the drama and epic sweep of Tolstoy.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780375712296
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2013-07-02
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EANs 9780375712296

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780375712296
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2013-07-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375712296

The Transylvanian Trilogy, Volume I: They Were Counted; Introduction by Hugh Thomas (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)