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"[A] glorious, immensely readable book." (Economist)"A pleasure to read. . . . Mr. Lendvai has done a remarkable job. His book is easily the best history of Hungary in English. . . . What's remarkable is how many extraordinary individuals, admirable and otherwise, we come across in this small nation's history."---Stephen Goode, Washington Times"The writing of national histories is . . . justified by the erudition and intellectual brilliance of the [author]. To this one must add, as a special attraction, the charm, wit and healthy cynicism of The Hungarians."---Istvan Deak, Times Literary Supplement"[R]ewarding, entertaining, and well written. . . . [F]ar more substantial than the witty musings to be found, for example, in Luigi Barzini's The Italians. . . . No one who is interested in Hungary should miss reading this book."---Nicolas Parsons, Hungarian Quarterly"An outstanding storyteller. [Lendvai] not only presents scientifically based facts and analysis but also tells the reader a story. . .. A compact overview of Hungarian history, a wonderful collection of biographical sketches and a subtle description of the 'Hungarian temperament'." (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)"Excellently researched and masterfully constructed, this should become a standard work. . . . The book reads almost like a novel with historical background. . . . Most warmly recommended." (Die Presse)"An exhaustive history of the Hungarian people. . . . The author has written a sympathetic account of Hungarian history. Yet the book also exposes the blemishes along with the heroism. . . . For those interested in the history of a art of Europe that has been shrouded in mystery and cliché, it's a helpful handbook."---Anne Gyulai, The Montreal Gazette"It is history's destiny to stare helplessly as the past's effects on facts have them act no differently on our minds and bodies than do fictions. In his loving rendering of Hungary's troubled saga, Lendvai has shown us how our knowledge and memory are a tangle of both threads."---Norman Madarasz, The European Legacy"This brief narrative of Hungarian history, elegantly translated into English, is written with verve, humor, profound insights, and just the right degree of cynicism. It well explains the dilemma of a respectable old state squeezed between more powerful neighbors, the contradictions between individual genius and repeated national failure, and the recurring tragic conflicts between the defense of nationhood and messianic nationalism. It is supplemented with fascinating essays on, for instance, the complexities of Jewish and German assimilation into the Hungarian nation."--István Deák, Columbia University"When Paul Lendvai, the indefatigable observer of Eastern Europe, writes a book, he has in general something exciting to relate. . . . Lendvai's book is a well-constructed mixture of historical facts, political judgments, and cultural anecdotes."--Der Spiegel

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"This brief narrative of Hungarian history, elegantly translated into English, is written with verve, humor, profound insights, and just the right degree of cynicism. It well explains the dilemma of a respectable old state squeezed between more powerful neighbors, the contradictions between individual genius and repeated national failure, and the recurring tragic conflicts between the defense of nationhood and messianic nationalism. It is supplemented with fascinating essays on, for instance, the complexities of Jewish and German assimilation into the Hungarian nation."--István Deák, Columbia University"When Paul Lendvai, the indefatigable observer of Eastern Europe, writes a book, he has in general something exciting to relate. . . . Lendvai's book is a well-constructed mixture of historical facts, political judgments, and cultural anecdotes."--Der Spiegel"Lendvai has written a standard-setting work, always at the highest level of historical research yet so eminently readable, so entertaining--only a journalist out of passion with profound knowledge of history is able to write in this way. . . . Lendvai's presentation of the thousand years of Hungarian history in Europe is not only comprehensive, it is also just."--Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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Product details

Paperback: 608 pages

Publisher: Princeton University Press; 1st edition (August 8, 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0691119694

ISBN-13: 978-0691119694

Product Dimensions:

5.5 x 1.5 x 8.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.4 out of 5 stars

29 customer reviews

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This book takes what could almost be described as a literature review of the history of Hungary. The author appears to have no interest in his own version of Hungarian history, but instead spends much effort on devoting explanation to what previous scholars and historians have written of events in Hungarian history. In some regards, this makes for interesting reading, as it combines in one tome many views of different events. On the other hand, this results in a book that feels incredibly imbalanced. Issues like the early Hungarian state, the first mongol invasion, St. Stephen and Mathias are given short shrift, often with only a few pages dedicated to them. This seems odd given both their importance to Hungarian history. Indeed, the period of fortification between the first and second mongol invasions isn’t even mentioned, nor is the second invasion itself.Conversely, the period of Ottomoan rule is covered in chapter after chapter after chapter despite comprising only around 150 years of time. It is unclear if this overweighted treatment is due to the author’s peculiar interest in this time in Hungarian history, or if it is instead a result of his chosen method of chronicling other sources (in other words, an abundance of other sources about this time period gives the author more to write about). In any event, as mentioned, it leads to a feeling of imbalance regarding the historical timelines.Another complaint (entirely on Amazon) is the numerous spelling and grammatical errors in the kindle version. English not being the first language of the author already leads to some sentences with slightly awkward or confusing construction. Throwing in misspellings caused by the book’s conversion to a digital format (again, not the author’s fault) can compound that confusion and leave the reader guessing as to what was really meant.

I've always been interested in Hungary and wanted to know some more history of this fascinating place. This book has been a great read - it is informative, goes into interesting detail behind some of Hungary's most famous figures and Hungary's role in the world. Having traveled in both Hungary and Transylvania, it was interesting to read about Hungarian history in that region and has helped me to understand better why there is so much tension between the Hungarian and Romanian populations in places like Targu Mures. It was also nice to get to know the people behind the names I saw so much in Hungary - for instance, there were about a billion streets named after figures like Kossuth, Szechenyi and Eszterhazy. I had no clue who the Ezsterhazys were until reading this book. I wish I had read this book before my trip!I love books that are both informative about history and told in such a compelling way that it is hard to put the book down. This is one of those. It is also one of those books that you are sad to finish. What can I read next to top that fantastic book?? Highly recommended.

It's not perfect, and especially in the beginning it loses itself in mixed attempts to balance between myth and documented history and critical distance and national sentiment, in the process bringing more confusion than clarification, but after the first 100 pages it does improve and eventually ends up being the best comprehensive history of Hungarians that I've come across.

Read this prior to a Viking cruise down the Rhine and Danube. Very detailed history of Hungary. I am visiting Budapest soon and wanted some history about the place rather than just a guidebook view of sites to visit. This one may have more with detail than you need to inform your travels. But I was amazed by what I didn't know about Hungary. I guess I hadn't previously given the place much thought. This covers the period from Celtic occupation of the area BCE to post-communism.

This is quite a comprehensive book, and as pleasure reading it's a little dry, although I'm sure that as a textbook it does the job well. The editing of this book makes it almost unreadable to me, there are commas where there should be periods and periods where there should be commas, it's pretty unprofessional.

I often wondered why Hungary and Hungarians have such poor public relations, particularly in the US. Unfortunately, this book fails to answer that question. It is a fascinating read, if only because it gives, (in parts) a refreshingly different perspective. In others, unfortunately, the Communist-era interpretation of the author's sources is painfully evident. The many details in the narrative are interesting, partly because the selection of the details reveals the author's biases. There are a number of translation errors I found in the book which naturally led to faulty conclusions. P.e. "Honved"(seg)(hon=home, vedni=to defend) is not the militia, it's the standing army. "Nemzet orseg," (nemzet=nation, orseg=guard) is the militia. All in all however, it was worthwhile to read through the book. It will lead those, who are not familiar with the Magyars to some understanding of the background of this nation although will leave them feel shortchanged in understanding their psyche. I sent a copy of the book to both of my (adult) children together with a 16 page commentary.It is a laudable effort on the part of author Lendvai and by and large I believe it will benefit the Hungarians' image as well.

Magnificent historical perspective of Hungarian history. Highly recommended for lovers of Hungary and Hungarians.

I have been studying Hungary for over a decade and this book was still able to introduce new insights to me. An easy read and it came off more as a novel than a history book. It just flowed. What's more, I know some Hungarian historians and I found the book excellent fodder for cocktail conversations.

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