Recounts, through interviews with refugees, the 1956 Hungarian revolt against Russia.
At four o'clock in the morning on a Sunday in November 1956, the city of Budapest was awakened by the shattering sound of Russian tanks tearing the city apart. The Hungarian revolution -- five brief, glorious days of freedom that had yielded a glimpse at a different kind of futu…
"The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a g…
This autobiographic account of the experiences of a woman, then 19-20, in the closing months of the Second World War was first published in Hungarian in 1991 and has since been translated into a number of languages ... It is a journey into a piece of Central European history and…
This autobiographic account of the experiences of a woman, then 19-20, in the closing months of the Second World War was first published in Hungarian in 1991 and has since been translated into a number of languages ... It is a journey into a piece of Central European history and…
"This autobiographic account of the experiences of a woman, then 19-20, in the closing months of the Second World War was first published in Hungarian in 1991 and has since been translated into a number of languages. Exciting, shocking and revealing, it is a journey into a piece…
"This autobiographic account of the experiences of a woman, then 19-20, in the closing months of the Second World War was first published in Hungarian in 1991 and has since been translated into a number of languages. Exciting, shocking and revealing, it is a journey into a piece…