Besztercze ostroma
Mikszáth, Kálmán, 1847-1910
Besztercze ostroma - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beszterce_ostroma_(reg%C3%A9ny) Release date is 2022-09-06
Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project
"Besztercze ostroma" by Kálmán Mikszáth is a novel first published in 1894.
Count Pongrácz István lives as a medieval warlord in 19th-century Hungary, maintaining his own army and ruling by ancient customs. When his purchased "lady" Estella escapes with a former servant, the eccentric count prepares to besiege the city harboring them. Meanwhile, orphaned Apolka becomes entangled in family disputes and eventually arrives at Nedec Castle as a hostage, where her presence unexpectedly transforms the count's strange world and threatens his singular devotion to the past. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Hungarian fiction -- 19th century Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction Nobility -- Hungary -- Fiction
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Besztercze ostroma - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beszterce_ostroma_(reg%C3%A9ny) Release date is 2022-09-06
Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project
"Besztercze ostroma" by Kálmán Mikszáth is a novel first published in 1894.
Count Pongrácz István lives as a medieval warlord in 19th-century Hungary, maintaining his own army and ruling by ancient customs. When his purchased "lady" Estella escapes with a former servant, the eccentric count prepares to besiege the city harboring them. Meanwhile, orphaned Apolka becomes entangled in family disputes and eventually arrives at Nedec Castle as a hostage, where her presence unexpectedly transforms the count's strange world and threatens his singular devotion to the past. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Hungarian fiction -- 19th century Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction Nobility -- Hungary -- Fiction
PH