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This historical novel by Hungarian archaeologist Ferenc Mora, is based on the legend that Emperor Diocletian had his son raised by a gardener to keep his identity secret. Mora used the legend to create a sweeping recreation of the Diocletian reign with a poignant romance.
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This historical novel by Hungarian archaeologist Ferenc Mora, is based on the legend that Emperor Diocletian had his son raised by a gardener to keep his identity secret. Mora used the legend to create a sweeping recreation of the Diocletian reign with a poignant romance.
Written by Hungary’s greatest modern novelist, Be Faithful Unto Death is the moving story of a bright and sensitive schoolboy growing up in an old, established boarding school in the city of Debrecen in eastern Hungary.
The main historical events that are addressed are: the bloodless occupation of Buda, the seat of the Hungarian kings, in 1541, and the 1552 Siege of Eger (now in Northern Hungary) by the Turks, that forms the major topic of the novel.
The novel brilliantly captures the challenge of growing up in two different worlds: Hungarian and American. The inability to feel totally at home in either environment, the loneliness of being without relatives in America, and the deeply-felt isolation of leading a marginal existence within the boundaries of two cultures