Mikszáth, Kálmán 1847-1910 creator text utu 2022 monographic hu 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Originally published: Hungary: Révai Testvérek, 1910 Hungarian fiction -- 19th century Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction Nobility -- Hungary -- Fiction PH Hungary: Révai Testvérek, 1910 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68924 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68924 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134607.0 68924