Rumours reach the court of King Béla IV that the Mongol hordes are on the move, and Hungary’s quarrelling nobles are slow to believe them. As the invaders break through the Carpathian passes, a young page and the knights he serves are swept into the disaster of 1241, when the Mongols’ feigned retreats destroyed army after army.
A classic of Hungarian historical romance in English translation, with an introduction by R. Nisbet Bain on Jósika’s life. Download the free EPUB.