Tales and Traditions of Hungary
Author: Francis Pulszky
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 342
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Author: Francis Pulszky
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: W. Henry Jones
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Published: 1889
Total Pages: 560
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart of "a vast and precious store of folk-lore...found amongst the Magyars" (preface), including stories of giants, fairies and witches, and superstitions concerning animals, plants, stones, and sundries.
Author: Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 318
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eddy Kester
Publisher: Kuperard
Published: 2017-09-01
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1787029549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA landlocked country in the heart of Europe, Hungary was a powerful medieval kingdom. Intimately involved in European history and culture, the Hungarians have always been proud of their distinctive identity, reinforced by the fact that their language bears no resemblance to that of any of their neighbors. Today, following the collapse of Communism, Hungarians feel part of Central Europe again, the Europe of science, culture, and civic virtue, of gem-like Baroque churches and 19th century schools, town halls, barracks, and railway stations. This beautiful and beguiling land is home to the magnificent city of Budapest on the banks of the Danube, to the largest lake in central Europe, and to charming spa towns and hot springs. Hungarian openness and hospitality have been tested by the migrant crisis on Europe's doorstep, and the rise of populist parties. After setting the context in a brief historical overview, Culture Smart! Hungary offers practical advice and important insights into different aspects of Hungarian life today, to help deepen your understanding and appreciation of this complex and talented people.
Author: Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published: 2020-09-28
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 1613108850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tom Weidlinger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2019-04-16
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1943006970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Restless Hungarian is the saga of an extraordinary life set against the history of the rise of modernism, the Jewish Diaspora, and the Cold War. A Hungarian Jew whose inquiring spirit helped him to escape the Holocaust, Paul Weidlinger became one of the most creative structural engineers of the twentieth century. As a young architect, he broke ranks with the great modernists with his radical idea of the “Joy of Space.” As an engineer, he created the strength behind the beauty in mid-century modern skyscrapers, churches, museums, and he gave concrete form to the eccentric monumental sculptures of Pablo Picasso, Isamu Noguchi, and Jean Dubuffet. In his private life, he was a divided man, living behind a wall of denial as he lost his family to war, mental illness, and suicide. In telling his father’s story, the author sifts meaning from the inspiring and contradictory narratives of a life: a motherless child and a captain of industry, a clandestine communist who designed silos for the world’s deadliest weapons during the Cold War, a Jewish refugee who denied he was a Jew, a husband who was terrified of his wife’s madness, and a man whose personal saints were artists.
Author: Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 327
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Norman Stone
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2019-01-10
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 1782834486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe victors of the First World War created Hungary from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but, in the centuries before, many called for its creation. Norman Stone traces the country's roots from the traditional representative councils of land-owning nobles to the Magyar nationalists of the nineteenth century and the first wars of independence. Hungary's history since 1918 has not been a happy one. Economic collapse and hyperinflation in the post-war years led to fascist dictatorships and then Nazi occupation. Optimism at the end of the Second World War ended when the Iron Curtain descended, and Soviet tanks crushed the last hopes for independence in 1956 along with the peaceful protests in Budapest. Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall, consistent economic growth has remained elusive. This is an extraordinary history - unique yet also representative of both the post-Soviet bloc and of nations forged from the fall of empires.
Author: George Ripley
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Published: 1868
Total Pages: 832
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Published: 1861
Total Pages: 838
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