They Were Found Wanting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781910050910)

They Were Divided reflects the rapidly disintegrating course of events in central Europe on the eve of WWI. A literary masterpiece, in the foreground it tells the story of Balint and his flawed cousin, Laszlo Gyeroffy, with humor and bittersweet nostalgia for a paradise lost through folly. In the background, the sinister and fast-moving events in the Balkans eventually lead not only to a horrific war, but also to the complete dismemberment of their once-great country.

About the Author

Count Miklós Bánffy (1873-1950) was variously a diplomat MP and foreign minister in 1921-22 when he signed the peace treaty with the United States and obtained Hungary's admission to the League of Nations. He was responsible for organising the last Habsburg coronation that of King Karl in 1916. His famous trilogy, The Writing on the Wall, was first published in Budapest in the 1930s.