A comparative character-sketch of the two great reform politicians, Andrzej Zamoyski and István Széchenyi, is a somewhat risky venture. Before outlining the similarities and common points that connect these two statesmen, and going into details of their respective careers, achievements and merits, we have to point out fundamental differences right
It was not in a train with firmly locked doors that on 16 November 1918 the thirty-two-years old Béla Kun returned to Hungary with a few companions. He had left the country three years earlier as a soldier of Franz Joseph of Habsburg, and at the Russian front he had
At the hilltop, above the terraces of vines, the Terézia Chapel’s bright white walls and new copper roof shine like a bright beacon against the deep blue of the autumn sky. The leaves on the vines are turning golden with the season. With the sun on our backs the October
The title, and indeed the first words, of this magnificent book are “Motherland and Progress” (“Haza és haladás”), which alerts readers to the fact that this is not just a dry tome for architectural specialists, but a work that places building in 19th century Hungary in its social and political
CSILLA BERTHA, Debrecen University, Hungary, honorary chair of the Hungarian Yeats Society, author of Yeats the Playwright (in Hungarian), co-author of Worlds Visible and Invisible, co-edited several volumes on Irish literature, most recently Mirror up to Theatre (2015 Irish University Review special issue). She publishes widely in English and Hungarian
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