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From the memoirs of Miklos Banffy

« After getting home I must admit that I slept soundly, although occasionally, when still half-asleep, I seemed to hear more rumbling of heavy lorries passing under my windows than on previous nights. However, since the street outside was the habitual route for deliveries to the market halls nearby, and the market cars had always rattled past noisily long before dawn, it did not seem to be different from any other night in the year.

It was only later that I heard what had happened early that morning. When my old valet called me he announced three things: my bath had been prepared, revolution had broken out, and Count Mihály Károlyi was now Minister-President. »

Published at 9:20 pm on Wednesday 15 October 2008. Categories: Books History Hungary Quotations Tags: , , .
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Although Count Banffy was cleaned up that memorable day ! How could I find for reading the Memoirs of Count Banffy ?

— Marie Moncelon 4 Mar 2010 11:50 am

Mme. Moncelon, the memoirs of Count Banffy were published in a single English-language edition with the name of “The Phoenix Land” from Arcadia Books:

http://www.arcadiabooks.co.uk/bookinfo.php?id=127

I’m not aware of French translations of the memoirs, though I know Editions Phébus has published his Transylvanian trilogy en français.

— Andrew Cusack 4 Mar 2010 12:23 pm
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