Posledná k. & k. barónka

This 'docu-novel' tells the life of Baroness Margita Czóbelová, a painter herself and niece of the painter Ladislav Mednyánszky, whose story is bound up with the family manor at Strážky. History was rarely kind to her: Austria-Hungary, the First World War, the First Czechoslovak Republic, the Second World War and the changes after 1948. As a Hungarian she was nearly expelled after the war, saved only because she had helped the partisans; she lost the estate but was allowed to go on living in the manor. In poverty she kept painting, swimming in the river and guarding the house and its heritage. Earlier she had illustrated detective and adventure novels for London publishers.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

456 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Slovakia, 20th century

First published

2019 by Dixit

Author's age

55 when first published

ISBN

9788089662296 (original)