Description
There were Cousin Laci, a true patriarch with his domineering will and great pride; Györffy, Zsiga’s old tutor, now the efficient steward of the remains of the estate; and Bottka, the giant, always hunting on his friends’ estates, always in debt. And there was Zsiga himself, Oxford-bred, old beyond an American of the same age, wise and liberal. The young wife’s difficulties in managing a strange household in an alien language, the humour and old-world warmth of this book, and the signs of impending catastrophe in Europe, give this true story a fascination which will draw the reader back to it and tempt him or her to urge friends to read it too . Bound in dark pink cloth with dark red titling to front board and spine. Dustjacket is clipped and torn with some material missing, and the spine area is heavily sun bleached (see images). Some deckle edging mainly to front edge, although a number of pages are cut short throughout the book. Some foxing to top edge as well as some tanning although pages are relatively clean and quite bright for a book of this age. First page is signed by the original owner and there is a reference to SS Queen Mary and possibly the year 1949. Published by Little, Brown & Co Boston 1946
