At the dawn of the 20th century in Hungary, political upheavals occur: the difficult balance of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is breaking down, political instability is leading the country to collapse and the aristocracy, which until then had ruled the destinies of the state, begins to show his inability to govern.
Through the eyes of this novel's three main protagonists—the young Count Bálint Abády, who has just returned from a diplomatic post abroad to assume the political and economic responsibilities of his position; his cousin László Gyerőffy, a promising artist; and his unhappily married friend Adrienne Miloth—the political and social events that led to the fall of the empire are revealed to us.
Great hunts, sumptuous dances, duels, horse races, banquets, fortunes squandered at a gambling table, are the backdrop of this exciting and prophetic novel: the precise por...read more
