They were found wanting
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Author
Contributions
- Bánffy, Miklós, 1874-1950 - Contributor
Publication
2000 - [Distributor] in the USA and Canada, Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
117,500 words, Guess
Page Count
470 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17006839M
- ISBN-10190085029X
- OCLC Control Number42444269
- Goodreads468645
- LibraryThing2636653
Classifications
- LCCPH3213.B24 T45 2000
- LCCPH3213.B24
Alternate Titles
- Writing on the wall =
Description
"They Were Found Wanting takes up the tale of the two Transylvanian cousins, their loves and very different fortunes. Balint Abady is forced to part from the beautiful and unhappily married Adrienne Uzdy. Laszlo Gyeroffy is rapidly heading for self-destruction through drink and his own fecklessness. The politicians, quarrelling among themselves and stubbornly ignoring their countrymen's real needs, are still pursuing their vendetta with the Habsburg rule from Vienna. Meanwhile, they fail to notice how the Great Powers - through such events as Austria's annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1908 - are moving ever closer to the conflagration of 1914-1918 that will destroy their world for ever. Banffy's portrait contrasts a life of privilege and corruption with the lives and problems of an expatriate Romanian peasant minority whom Balint tries to help. It is an unrivalled evocation of a rich and fascinating aristocratic world oblivious of its impending demise."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Fiction
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