Princeton University Press
The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat
Key Metrics
- Paul Lendvai
- Princeton University Press
- Paperback
- 9780691200279
- 8.4 X 5.5 X 1.4 inches
- 1.5 pounds
- History > Europe - Austria & Hungary
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
An updated new edition of a classic history of the Hungarians from their earliest origins to today
In this absorbing and comprehensive history, Paul Lendvai tells the fascinating story of how the Hungarians, despite a string of catastrophes and their linguistic and cultural isolation, have survived as a nation for more than one thousand years. Now with a new preface and a new chapter that brings the narrative up to the present, the book describes the evolution of Hungarian politics, culture, economics, and identity since the Magyars first arrived in the Carpathian Basin in 896. Through colorful anecdotes of heroes and traitors, victors and victims, revolutionaries and tyrants, Lendvai chronicles the way progressivism and economic modernization have competed with intolerance and narrow-minded nationalism. An unforgettable blend of skilled storytelling and scholarship, The Hungarians is an authoritative account of this enigmatic and important nation.
Author Bio
Paul Lendvai is a Hungarian-born Austrian journalist who worked as a correspondent for the Financial Times for more than two decades.
He is the author of Hungary: Between Democracy and Authoritarianism; Inside Austria: New Challenges, Old Demons; Blacklisted: A Journalist’s Life in Central Europe; and Orbán: Europe's New Strongman, which won the Prix du Livre Européen in 2018.
Source: Hurst Publishers
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