Hungary Books


Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness AccountAuschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
Best Price: $7.04
The problem with this book is that it thrusts a very negative and dark side of life into all...
Five Chimneys: The Story of AuschwitzFive Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
Best Price: $8.27
This review is based on the original (1947) edition. Let's focus on some seldom-developed...
Fin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and CultureFin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture
Best Price: $12.50
We are drawn to Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century because of Adolf Hitler, as much as...
PANZERSCHLACHT: Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944PANZERSCHLACHT: Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944
Best Price: $37.75
The major tank battles on the Hungarian plains fought in late 1944 have been neglected, for some...
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
Best Price: $6.75
A marvellous, exciting and extremely well written summary of a major and influential time in...


The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross & CrescentThe Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross & Crescent
Best Price: $8.72
Rather looks like a turn paper of a quite average-college standard. Also, the reference index...
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its CultureBudapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
Best Price: $8.00
In many of his books, Lukacs sets out to write a multi-disciplinary history (drawing on...
The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of AustriaThe Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria
Best Price: $11.07
I enjoyed the book. It was well written and obviously well researched. I like the way it had...
The HabsburgsThe Habsburgs
Best Price: $7.60
Unlike most histories of the Austian-Spanish-Burgundian-Low Country-Holy Roman Emporers, who...
Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Vintage)Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Vintage)
Best Price: $6.94
Alexis de Toqueville said the most dangerous moment for an autocratic government is when it...


The War of the Austrian SuccessionThe War of the Austrian Succession
Best Price: $18.00
I enjoyed reading this book, simply because there isn't too many books out there on the War of...
The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in DefeatThe Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat
Best Price: $22.50
I often wondered why Hungary and Hungarians have such poor public relations, particularly in the...
Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis JosephTwilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph
Best Price: $5.07
As a regular reader of biographies (just finished a wonderful book on Talleyrand), was really...
A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918
Best Price: $7.90
I was a History major in college. Though fascinated by the subject matter, I kept thinking that...
A Concise History of Hungary (Cambridge Concise Histories)A Concise History of Hungary (Cambridge Concise Histories)
Best Price: $17.69
This is a surprisingly fine book. It is lively and concise. It is efficient, covering all major...

The Fall of the House of HabsburgThe Fall of the House of Habsburg
Best Price: $1.24
One of Crankshaw's best, this forthrightly conservative and sympathetic book is premised on the...
Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime EuropeLeap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe
Best Price: $7.89
an incredible story about the human spirit and the will to live against all odds.
Hungary and the Fall of Eastern Europe 1000-1568 (Men-at-Arms)Hungary and the Fall of Eastern Europe 1000-1568 (Men-at-Arms)
Best Price: $10.52
A useful book with fine plates. As is often the case with men-at-arms titles, it does not have...
The Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War IIThe Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War II
Best Price: $12.17
The author has done an outstanding job of writing about the little known siege of Budapest...
The World of the Trapp FamilyThe World of the Trapp Family
Best Price: $23.60
This is one book I will keep in my private library. Very good book with all the pictures. My...

Wittgenstein's ViennaWittgenstein's Vienna
Best Price: $6.04
This is a dazzlingly dense intellectual history of a time when there was an explosion of new...
A Short Course in the Secret War, 4th EditionA Short Course in the Secret War, 4th Edition
Best Price: $10.72
This book is informative and the author is obviously intelligent. The reading is hard to follow,...
The Austro-Hungarian Forces in World War I (1): 1914-16 (Men-at-Arms)The Austro-Hungarian Forces in World War I (1): 1914-16 (Men-at-Arms)
Best Price: $7.55
This Men at Arms series has been a huge help with my short story writing - mostly because I'm a...
The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866
Best Price: $22.49
Sadly, there is a definite paucity of the published sources that deals with the Austro-Prussian...
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First SuperheroThe Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero
Best Price: $2.96
This book must be ranked as the best biography on Houdini. It is so well written that I...

Wallenberg: Missing HeroWallenberg: Missing Hero
Best Price: $7.71
This Ballantine paperback printing is full of printer's errors, an insult to the author's fine...
The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the WorldThe Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World
Best Price: $6.32
The Great Escape by Kati Marton. The book is about the lives of amazing Jewish Hungarians who...
MY BRAIN IS OPEN: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul ErdosMY BRAIN IS OPEN: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos
Best Price: $7.71
Shurik, a friend of mine I used to share student dorm with, was a mathematician. Algebraist, to...
The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 (New Approaches to European History)The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 (New Approaches to European History)
Best Price: $18.64
This is one of the best books on the subject period available. Histories of Austria prior to...
The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth CenturyThe Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $16.97
"The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century", by...

On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in ScienceOn the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science
Best Price: $16.14
This book consists of a number of fascinating photos drawn from the world of science. The...
Scum of the EarthScum of the Earth
Best Price: $26.48
ONE of the greatest books to come out of the second world war now carries a tragic irony. The...
The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918 : A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-HungaryThe Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918 : A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary
Best Price: $14.87
You don't want to miss Lagavulin, but you don't want it to be all you drink, either. Edward...
The Will to Survive: A History of HungaryThe Will to Survive: A History of Hungary
A history of Hungary from 1000 to the present day by the former British Ambassador to Hungary.
One Must Also Be HungarianOne Must Also Be Hungarian
Best Price: $12.38
Good as family and Jewish history but its hard to read through the author's blatant bitterness...

The Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz: George Mantello, El Salvador, and Switzerland's Finest Hour (Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust)The Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz: George Mantello, El Salvador, and Switzerland's Finest Hour (Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust)
Best Price: $19.95
After read this book i must say ? I am proud to be a citizen from El Salvador ? ?why? I didn't...
Holocaust City: The Making of a Jewish GhettoHolocaust City: The Making of a Jewish Ghetto
Best Price: $19.65
This is an important work of Holocaust scholarship that explores the role of the local...
Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt (Cold War International History Project)Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt (Cold War International History Project)
Best Price: $12.95
This is the first book I've read on the Hungarian Revolt, but I found it well doicumented,...
To See You Again:  A True Story of Love in A Time of War: A True Story of Love in a Time of WarTo See You Again: A True Story of Love in A Time of War: A True Story of Love in a Time of War
Best Price: $10.00
An avid reader of historical fiction and non-fiction, especially pertaining to the Holocaust, I...
Memoir of Hungary, 1944-1948Memoir of Hungary, 1944-1948
Best Price: $16.84
Some parts of this autobiographical work are delightful reading for anyone with an interest in...

At the Fire's Center: A STORY OF LOVE AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVALAt the Fire's Center: A STORY OF LOVE AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVAL
Best Price: $39.71
The story of these four people, struggling to survive in the face of tremendous danger reminds...
The Setting of the Pearl: Vienna under HitlerThe Setting of the Pearl: Vienna under Hitler
Best Price: $3.32
The author uses a lot of words to describe something that could be said in much fewer words. He...
My Mother's Eyes: Holocaust Memories of a Young GirlMy Mother's Eyes: Holocaust Memories of a Young Girl
Best Price: $7.95
This is a beautiful book where holocaust experiences are written in a simple and profound...
The Austrian Army 1740-80 (2): Infantry (Men-at-Arms)The Austrian Army 1740-80 (2): Infantry (Men-at-Arms)
Best Price: $125.08
In this book you will find many pictures of the infantry's uniforms. This helped me because I am...
Schubert's Vienna (Aston Magna Academy Book)Schubert's Vienna (Aston Magna Academy Book)
Best Price: $8.70
I picked-up this book by accident as I had never heard of the Aston Magna Academy. I certainly...

The Hungarian Revolution 1956 (Elite)The Hungarian Revolution 1956 (Elite)
Best Price: $5.05
Osprey's The Hungarian Revolution 1956, number 148 in the Elite series, must have been a...
Slobodan Milosevic and the Destruction of YugoslaviaSlobodan Milosevic and the Destruction of Yugoslavia
Best Price: $7.49
This book is worth checking out from the library, but I wouldn't buy it. The book is well...
The Politics of Genocide : The Holocaust in HungaryThe Politics of Genocide : The Holocaust in Hungary
Best Price: $44.94
This book has proven extraordinarily useful in documenting the experiences of Hungarian...
The Austrians: A Thousand-Year OdysseyThe Austrians: A Thousand-Year Odyssey
Best Price: $12.96
The title of this book is misleading. This is because Mr. Brooke-Shepherd devotes most of his...
The Wines of Hungary (Classic Wine Library)The Wines of Hungary (Classic Wine Library)
Best Price: $10.87
This is a stellar book on the most difficult of the major wine producing countries to study (up...

Once And Future BudapestOnce And Future Budapest
Best Price: $31.00
Tracing the complex process by which Budapest became a Hungarian city, Robert Nemes offers an...
Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great WarIsonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War
Best Price: $62.96
This is the first english history of the Great War on the italian front, for this reason alone...
Fiorello's Sister: Gemma La Guardia Gluck's Story (Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust)Fiorello's Sister: Gemma La Guardia Gluck's Story (Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust)
Best Price: $10.10
Very interesting...did not know she was a political prisoner who was put in a concentration...
Austro Hungarian Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 46)Austro Hungarian Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 46)
Best Price: $12.45
An interesting addition to Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series, this volume presents yet...
The Heavenly HorsesThe Heavenly Horses
Virginia & Tex Johnson's account of the two Hungarian Countesses, Margit Sigray-Bessenyey,...
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