Very nice to see someone cover this incredible trilogy, The in subject matter and tone very similar Radetzky March seems to get all the limelight but for me Banffy's books are miles ahead in immersion, commentary and ''world(re)building''. Hope your channel will grow and keep up the good work!
Good summary. One comment though: by the end of 19th century, the so called minorities were already outnumbering ethnic Hungarians in pre-Trianon provinces (such as Transylvania). The size of non Hungarian population size was the main criteria after ww1 for allowing these provinces to become independent
Now reading the first book of Miklos Banffy’s trilogy with an intro by Patrick Leigh Fermor As a classical musician I was interested (and surprised) to learn that Banffy supported the composer Bartok, designing the costumes for the production of Bartok’s grim opera Bluebeard’s Castle
Why would you bring Orban V in this review? I think he is quite close, in a political stance, to those people in the book that brought the downfall of the Empire and Hungary afterwards. I am still baffled of how many people felled under his propaganda.
For many reasons he for sure isn't, the book criticizes political scheming off the elite and in that sense puts forward a critique of parlamentarism more than conservativism/old feudal life. It also praises, not little but very much, the political right-wing strongman of the time Count István Tisza.
Very nice to see someone cover this incredible trilogy, The in subject matter and tone very similar Radetzky March seems to get all the limelight but for me Banffy's books are miles ahead in immersion, commentary and ''world(re)building''. Hope your channel will grow and keep up the good work!
Many thanks for your support!
It's great to learn more about these central European countries like Hungary, they're not often under the spotlights
Great video!
Thanks for watching!
Good summary. One comment though: by the end of 19th century, the so called minorities were already outnumbering ethnic Hungarians in pre-Trianon provinces (such as Transylvania). The size of non Hungarian population size was the main criteria after ww1 for allowing these provinces to become independent
Now reading the first book of Miklos Banffy’s trilogy with an intro by Patrick Leigh Fermor As a classical musician I was interested (and surprised) to learn that Banffy supported the composer Bartok, designing the costumes for the production of Bartok’s grim opera Bluebeard’s Castle
That is a great little fact, thank you for sharing it, and I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did.
Are these books nonfiction history or novels, since use the word novel throughout the video.
The trilogy are novels based on the authors own experiences.
@@thecolonelpridereview ah okay, thanks!
Why would you bring Orban V in this review? I think he is quite close, in a political stance, to those people in the book that brought the downfall of the Empire and Hungary afterwards.
I am still baffled of how many people felled under his propaganda.
For many reasons he for sure isn't, the book criticizes political scheming off the elite and in that sense puts forward a critique of parlamentarism more than conservativism/old feudal life. It also praises, not little but very much, the political right-wing strongman of the time Count István Tisza.