Миклош Банфи

In books two and three of the Transylvanian Trilogy, the storm-clouds are gathering over Europe. War breaks out in the Balkans, but the politicians in Budapest are too busy scheming how best to spite the Habsburgs or pelting unpopular prime ministers with inkpots to pay much attention. The minorities question is still unresolved, the people are taking to the streets demanding the right to vote; in...

On the vast canvas that is the Transylvanian Trilogy, Count Miklos Banffy paints the picture of an age: pre-Great War Hungary, where a priveledged social elite dance, dream, desire, debate, and duel away their days, only dimly aware that their opulent world - and the whole Austro-Hungarian Empire - is on the brink of collapse. In the foreground are two young aristocratic cousins. Balint Abady ente...