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What is love worth in a mountain land where rank rules hearts and a man's word means everything?
In 'Midst the Wild Carpathians, Mór Jókai takes you into late seventeenth-century Transylvania, a small principality between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg crown. Mountain forts, noble families and rival courts fill a world where political pressure reaches into private lives.
At the heart of this historical romance, love struggles against rank and duty. Proud people guard their honor through danger and intrigue, while the Carpathians rise around them, beautiful and sometimes menacing. Jókai brings together the demands of society and the force of feeling in a landscape that seems almost alive.
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- Love against rank Enter a romance where deep feeling must contend with the rules of a proud society.
- Honor under pressure Discover a world where a man's word is his most valuable possession.
- Between great powers Explore a small mountain principality caught between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg crown.
- Mountains with a presence Feel the beauty and menace of the Carpathians through Jókai's rich, painterly descriptions.
- A bold Hungarian romance Step among noble families, mountain forts and rival courts in an adventure drawn in bright colors.
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This book suits readers who enjoy old-fashioned romance, historical adventure and the atmosphere of Central Europe. It is also good for anyone curious about Hungarian literature. If you want a quiet, modern, psychological novel, its bold style may feel less suited.
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- A small land between great empires
- Love must contend with rank and duty
- Honor is tested by danger and intrigue
- Nature is a character in the tale
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Au milieu des Carpathes sauvages
by Mór Jókai· 1852
Love and honour face political pressures in seventeenth-century Transylvania.
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A small land between great empires
The story is set in Transylvania, a mountain principality in the Carpathian range. In the later seventeenth century it was ruled by its own princes, chosen by the nobles. Yet it paid tribute to the Ottoman sultan and lived under the shadow of the Habsburg emperor.
This position shapes everything in the book. Every nobleman has to think about loyalty. Should he favour the sultan, the emperor, or only the freedom of his own homeland? Jókai uses this question to give his romance weight beyond the personal.
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Mór Jókai
1825–1904 · Hungarian novelist
Mór Jókai was a Hungarian novelist, short-story writer and journalist. He was born in Komárom in 1825 and died in Budapest in 1904. He wrote in Hungarian and published novels throughout the nineteenth century. His novels include The Golden Man, published in 1872. He also wrote plays.
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What is Midst the Wild Carpathians about?
It is a historical romance set in Transylvania in the seventeenth century. It follows love, honor and political danger among the nobility, against a backdrop of mountains and shifting loyalties between empires.
Who wrote Midst the Wild Carpathians?
Mór Jókai, the Hungarian novelist who died in 1904. He wrote the book in the nineteenth century, when Hungarian writers often drew on their national past for inspiration.
Is Midst the Wild Carpathians a true story?
No, it is a novel. It is set in a real historical period and place, Transylvania under its own princes, but the plot and characters come from the author's imagination.
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