As anyone knows who has ever travelled there or spent much time talking to people from that lovely and unique nation, if Hungarians like to talk about anything, it’s Hungary. The novel was written by a Hungarian, for Hungarians, about Hungary. Anyone coming here looking for historical accuracy is going to have to find another book to reference in order to sort the fact from the fiction. My main interest in it was the siege itself as I’ve visited Eger, which is a lovely town with some stunning Baroque architecture, and remember well our visit to the castle and the tales we heard there of its defence.īut Gardonyi is no Max Hastings. This is on the 1001 Books list simply because it is a Hungarian classic chronicling the successful defence of Eger Castle from the Ottoman Turks by a vastly outnumbered army.
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