Krudy's Chronicles: Turn-Of-The-Century Hungary in Gyula Krudy's Journalism

by Gyula Krúdy

Book Overview

Written during the 1910s '20s and '30s, these articles offer a wistful and nostalgic image of the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian empire, with portraits of the Habsburgs, culminating in first-hand reports in 1916, from Vienna on the funeral of Emperor Francis Joseph I, and from Budapest on the coronation of Charles IV, the last king of Hungary. Kr dy's reports follow the bloodless democratic revolution of 1918, the K rolyi government and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9639116793
• ISBN13: 9789639116795
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher