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The Phoenix Land |  | Author: Miklos Banffy
Creators: Patrick Leigh Fermor, Patrick Thursfield, Katalin Banff-Jelen
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 488229
Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 444
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 1900850850
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781900850858
ASIN: 1900850850
Publication Date: April 1, 2003
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Fantastic view of a lost time October 6, 2004
Jim (the Philippines)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
When a born story teller like Patrick Leigh Fermor says that this author is a born story teller, you had better listen.
What is more, Bannfy was a statesman and aristocrat with a bird's eye view of the consequencies of the less well known Treaty of Trianon that followed the end of World War 1.
In the book Bannfy relates the current state of Hungary for the period 1925-45, and a large amount of entertaining historical background. There is a section of the book that deals with the revolutions of 1848. Bannfy recounts it with such an intimate knowledge and style that you feel as if he was there, rather than recounting century old family history.
The book can be viewed as an historic background piece for the legion of fans of Fermor's "two part" trilogy. But it is also a first class book in its own right.
One of the translators is a relative and the intimate knowlegde of the subject is another positive as it adds warmth to the book.
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