A castle at the foot of the Carpathian mountains in the 1930s. Two men, inseparable in their youth, meet for the first time in 41 years. They have spent their lives waiting for this moment. Four decades earlier a murky, traumatic event had led to their sudden separation.

A group of American expats en route to adventure, inspiration, or perhaps even history in the making in exotic Prague, somehow get sidetracked and settle instead for the enigmatic and enlightening city of Budapest. With humour, the author captures the character of his contemporaries and renders the Hungary of the past.

Were thousands of unarmed Belgian civilians slaughtered by invading German troops in August, 1914, or are accounts of these deaths mere fabrications constructed by fanatically anti-German Allied propagandists? This pathbreaking book, based on meticulous research, uncovers the truth of the disputed atrocities and explains how the politics of propaganda and memory have shaped radically different ...

A true-life screwball Ealing Comedy caper set in the twilight of the Eastern bloc

A sequel to A Time of Gifts .

Budapest is back at the heart of Europe. After a century of wars, uprisings and Socialist stasis, the Hungarian capital is gleaming again with luxury options. Budapest is also a-buzz with cultural firepower and underground energy. This book describes the city of Budapest.