Krudy's Chronicles

by Krudy, Gyula; Batki, John; Lukacs, John

• ISBN13: 9789639116795
• ISBN10: 9639116793
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Central European University Pr

Summary

Written during the 1910s '20s and '30s, Krudy's reports 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 on the democratic revolution of 1918, the Karolyi government and the short-lived Soviet Republic.

Table of Contents

The Chronicler and the Historian	vii
John Lukacs
Tiszaeszlar, Fifty Years Later	1	(12)
Frigyes Podmaniczky's Beard	13	(8)
The Bridegroom of Andrassy Avenue	21	(6)
The St. Stephen's Day Traveler	27	(6)
Catholic Crusading Knights of Yore: Their Glory and Their Decline	33	(8)
Somosy, the Man Who Taught Budapest a Lesson in Nightlife	41	(8)
The Court Kept	49	(6)
Miklos Szemere
The Authentic Account of a Legendary Card Battle	55	(8)
One Hundred Years of Horse Racing in Budapest	63	(10)
The Rose of Pest	73	(6)
Laszlo Mednyanszky, the Vagabond Baron	79	(6)
The Novelist at the Casino	85	(8)
My Adventures with the Poet on the Crooked Sidewalks [from Endre Ady's Nights]	93	(12)
The Lord Mayor of Budapest	105	(10)
The Streets of St. Theresa	115	(12)
Kossuth's Son	127	(6)
Francis Joseph's Wine	133	(6)
Francis Joseph I, the Foremost Gentleman in Europe	139	(8)
Ida Ferenczy, the Queen's Lady-in-Waiting	147	(6)
Baltazzi, the Agent of the Prince	153	(6)
Letter from Pest, 10 May 1914	159	(2)
Winter Campaign	161	(6)
A Budapest Gentleman Who Had Stepped Forth from an Old Woodcut	167	(4)
Women's Hands	171	(4)
A Hungarian Village After Sundown	175	(6)
The Coronation	181	(4)
Charles IV, Our Ill-Starred King	185	(8)
If the Elder Tisza Were to Return	193	(4)
The Golden Age of Budapest	197	(6)
Budapest Stark Naked	203	(4)
A Revolutionary Conversation with a Russian Lady	207	(4)
Istvan Tisza's Journey Toward Death	211	(10)
The New Conquest	221	(2)
How the Revolution Broke Out	223	(6)
Land Distribution at Kapolna	229	(10)
Karolyl's Strange Career	239	(8)
``The Bolshie''	247	(8)
Hungarian Gentry	255	(4)
Forefathers and Descendants	259	(12)
We, the Old-Time Hungarians	271	(2)
Glossary, compiled	273	(10)
Laszlo Kelecsenyi
Bibliography	283	(2)
Index	285