Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture

A distinguished historian and Budapest native offers a rich and eloquent portrait of one of the great European cities at the height of its powers.

Budapest, like Paris and Vienna, experienced a remarkable exfoliation at the end of the nineteenth century. In terms of population growth, material expansion, and cultural exuberance, it was among the foremost metropolitan centers of the world, the cradle of such talents as Bartók, Kodály, Krúdy, Ady, Molnár, Koestler, Szilárd, and von Neuman...