The Transylvanian Trilogy
The Transylvanian Trilogy, also called A Transylvanian Tale (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Erdélyi történet'') or The Writing on the Wall, is a novel in three parts by the Hungarian writer Miklós Bánffy, published from 1934 to 1940. The trilogy tells about the moral decline of the Hungarian nobility and the loss of (Austria-)Hungary as a nation, in the ten years preceding the outbreak of the First World War. The novel tells the story of two cousins, the socially engaged count Bálint Abády and count László Gyerőffy. Their lives are set against the background of the political events in and outside Hungary. A part of the storyline takes place on the Transylvanian Plain, the area where Bánffy himself grew up. The trilogy appeared just before the World War II, Second World War, after which a Hungarian People's Republic, communist regime came to power in Hungary. This regime initially gave no room for publishing a novel in which the life of the aristocracy stood so central. ...
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Bánffy Miklós
Bánffy is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Katalin Bánffy, 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman * Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911), Hungarian politician * Eszter Bánffy (born 1957), Hungarian prehistorian, archaeologist, and academic * Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950), Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist {{DEFAULTSORT:Banffy Hungarian-language surnames ...
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