Csardas
by:
Diane Pearson (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780333183441 (0333183444)
Publish date: 1975
Publisher: Macmillan
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
It’s a shame this book is so unknown, because it’s an excellent and highly entertaining work of historical fiction. I blame the romance-y cover and foreign title, neither of which is an accurate representation of the book’s contents. This is a family saga spanning several decades, and like all epics...
Portions of this review will discuss events that are historical fact. I have made every effort not to mention the fates of specific characters in relation to those historical events.Csardas begins in 1914 and focuses around the lives of the two Ferenc sisters, Eva and Amalia (Malie), daughters of a ...