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.

* The International Sensation * In the tradition of THE SECRET HISTORY and THE ALIENIST - a captivating and suspenseful novel that delves into the true history of Count Dracula ...

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.

Fourteen-year-old Gyuri's father has been called up for labour service. Arriving at the family timber store he witnesses with nonchalance and boredom his father sign over the business to the firm's book-keeper. Two months later he finds himself assigned to a permanent workplace , but within a fortnight he is unexpectedly pulled off a bus.

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This is a comprehensive history of a legendarily proud and passionate but lonely people. Much of Europe once knew them as child-devouring cannibals and bloodthirsty Huns . But it was not long before the Hungarians became steadfast defenders of Christendom.

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

A sequel to A Time of Gifts .

Anxious to please his father, Mihaly has joined the family firm in Budapest. Pursued by nostalgia for his bohemian youth, he seeks escape in marriage to Erzsi, not realising that she has chosen him as a means to her own rebellion. On their honeymoon in Italy, Mihaly 'loses' his bride at a provincial station and embarks on a chaotic journey.

Features the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. This work tells the story of the two improbably heroes, Pataki and Gyuri, who travel the length and breadth of Hungary in a epic quest for food, lodging, and female companionship.

Complete, practical country guide for independent travellers. Insightful new history, culture, food and environment chapters.

Ten years have passed since the fall of Communism B, a writer of great repute - whose birth and survival in Auschwitz defied all probability. His friend Kingbitter discovers among his papers a play entitled Liquidation , in which he reads an eerie foretelling of the personal and political crises that he and B's other friends now face.

It is May 1918, war is sweeping Europe, and a group of boys await graduation in their near-deserted town. Drawn close by an unspoken fear of leaving home to fight, they retreat into a clandestine world of codes, hideaways and fierce invention - until one day a stranger enters their lives and their secret is exposed.

The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)

Two decades after leaving her, the great love of Esther's life sends her a telegram. Tomorrow, he tells her, he is coming back. Esther and her cousin Nunu are thrown into confusion: until now their existence has been tranquil, self-governing, and they know that the mercurial Lajos will change all of that.

The author was 13 when the Nazis took Hungary. In intimate and excruciating detail, Livia Bitton-Jackson describes how her young life was transformed by her experiences, from suspension from school to surviving the horrors of Auschwitz.

N S Rubashov, an old guard Communist, falls victim to an unnamed government. This novel traces his story through arrest, imprisonment and trail.

A comprehensive guide to Hungary, containing descriptions of the country's art, architecture and history, along with its political and cultural development. There is practical information on staying in the country, with hotel and restaurant recommendations, and country, city and town maps.