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Routledge
306 Pages
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Routledge
306 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 2000. Letters from Turkey, considered the best Hungarian prose of the eighteenth century, is written by Kelemen Mikes, a Transylvanian nobleman who went into exile with Ferenc Rakoczi II, the Prince of Transylvania, after the War of Independence in 1704 - 1711 in which the Prince fought to preserve independent Transylvania. The Prince and his entourage spent some years in... Read more
INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, THE LETTERS, NOTES
Biography
Letters from Turkey, considered the best Hun,garian prose of the eighteenth century, is written by Kelemen Mikes, a Transylvanian nobleman who went into exile with Ferenc Rakoczi II, the Prince of Transylvania, after the War of Independence in 1704 - 1711 in which the Prince fought to preserve independent Transylvania. Bernard Adams, the translator and editor of this volume studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London and specialises in the translation of Hungarian literature.
