{"product_id":"they-were-counted-9781529434668","title":"They Were Counted","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Perfect late night reading\" JAN MORRIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBánffy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a born storyteller\" PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Totally absorbing\" MARTHA KEARNEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"So evocative\" SIMON JENKINS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary portrait of the vanished world of pre-1914 Hungary, \u003cb\u003eThey Were Counted\u003c\/b\u003e is an epic story told through the eyes of two cousins, Count Balint Abady and Count Laszlo Gyeroffy. Shooting parties in great country houses, turbulent scenes in parliament and the luxury life in Budapest provide the backdrop for this gripping, prescient novel, forming a chilling indictment of upper-class frivolity and political folly in which good manners cloak indifference and brutality. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first volume Bánffy's trilogy, which continues with \u003cb\u003eThey Were Found Wanting\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThey Were Divided\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e It was rediscovered for an international readership after the fall of communism in Hungary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a Foreword by Patrick Leigh-Fermor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from Hungarian by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Banffy-Jelen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529434668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 1.40d","brand":"Miklos Banffy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45483909087413,"sku":"9781529434668","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_da749392-85e3-439a-8b97-52c629f856c5.jpg?v=1749565777","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/they-were-counted-9781529434668","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}