Bleurgh!!)įor some reason, I thought, when I found this going cheap for Kindle, that it was going to be set in the 19 th century, so I was expecting Kossuth, Liszt and the Ausgleich (Kiegyezes, in Hungarian – I’ve just had to look up because I’ve only ever come across the German term for it, which is probably quite telling). (And I can’t believe I’ve just used the terms “historical fiction” and “20 th century” in the same sentence. So it was a good time to read this book, about this lovely country which deserves a lot better than it’s currently getting – but, given that I’m always on the lookout for historical fiction set in Central and Eastern Europe, I have no idea how I’ve never come across this book, set (mostly) in 20 th century Hungary, before! It’s older than I am. Hungary is much in the news at the moment, whether it’s fish finger apartheid (I am not making this expression up) or, rather more seriously, concerns over its right wing government’s attitudes towards freedom of speech and ethnic and religious minorities, and about the growth of far-right extremism generally. Hopewellslibraryofli… on Are You There God? It’s… GoAnnelies - In Anot… on The Last Concubine by Lesley…ĭavida Chazan on The Shogun’s Queen by Le… Damyanti Biswas on The Shogun’s Queen by Le…
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