Budapest : portrait of a city between East and West /
Sebestyen, Victor, 1956-
Budapest : portrait of a city between East and West / Victor Sebestyen. - First American edition. - 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-392) and index.
Introduction -- Prologue -- Part one: The Magyars. Aquincum -- The Magyars -- The Khans invade -- The raven king -- The empire strikes back -- Budun -- A Turkish town -- Division of the spoils -- Buda regained -- Part two: The Habsburgs. The baroque -- Gloom and glory -- Language, truth and logic -- The bridge builder -- The great flood -- The ides of March -- The revolutionary war -- A revenge tragedy -- Judapest -- Empress Sisi -- The dual monarchy--victory in defeat -- Budapest is born -- Café culture -- The Hungarian pogroms -- Illiberal democracy -- My country right or wrong -- Part three: The world at war -- The beginning of the end -- Lenin's pupil -- The admiral without a navy -- Marching in step with Hitler -- Madness visible -- The siege of Budapest -- Liberation -- The Iron Curtain descends -- The house of terror -- Revolution -- Again -- Betrayal in Moscow -- The merriest barracks in the camp -- The last rites.
"From the critically acclaimed historian Victor Sebestyen, the enthralling account of historical and cultural events that define Budapest, a unique city on the fault line between East and West in the heart of Europe. Including an eight-page insert of photographs, this book is a glorious homage to an extraordinary city"--
9780593317563 0593317564
2023003244
Budapest (Hungary)--History.
Budapest : portrait of a city between East and West / Victor Sebestyen. - First American edition. - 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-392) and index.
Introduction -- Prologue -- Part one: The Magyars. Aquincum -- The Magyars -- The Khans invade -- The raven king -- The empire strikes back -- Budun -- A Turkish town -- Division of the spoils -- Buda regained -- Part two: The Habsburgs. The baroque -- Gloom and glory -- Language, truth and logic -- The bridge builder -- The great flood -- The ides of March -- The revolutionary war -- A revenge tragedy -- Judapest -- Empress Sisi -- The dual monarchy--victory in defeat -- Budapest is born -- Café culture -- The Hungarian pogroms -- Illiberal democracy -- My country right or wrong -- Part three: The world at war -- The beginning of the end -- Lenin's pupil -- The admiral without a navy -- Marching in step with Hitler -- Madness visible -- The siege of Budapest -- Liberation -- The Iron Curtain descends -- The house of terror -- Revolution -- Again -- Betrayal in Moscow -- The merriest barracks in the camp -- The last rites.
"From the critically acclaimed historian Victor Sebestyen, the enthralling account of historical and cultural events that define Budapest, a unique city on the fault line between East and West in the heart of Europe. Including an eight-page insert of photographs, this book is a glorious homage to an extraordinary city"--
9780593317563 0593317564
2023003244
Budapest (Hungary)--History.