Halál Budán

The novel leads to a turning point in Hungarian history, from 1684 to the recapture of Buda in 1686. It opens with the siege of Vienna and follows the campaign of the Holy League through a chaotic, unpredictable world where civilisations clash amid love, blood and miracles. Adventurers and disaster tourists travel with the armies that come from every corner of Europe to free Vienna and Buda. Michele d'Aste, a young officer and baron from Naples, is seeking death; the Jewish community of Turkish Buda is living its last days of peace; and the Hungarians must decide whether to side with the Muslim East or with the liberating West.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Historical, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Austria, Hungary, 1683–1686

First published

2008 by Kalligram

Author's age

42 when first published