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Between the Woods and the Water

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by Patrick Leigh Fermor


  Easter ceremonies, 10–4

  Ella, 39

  Empress Elizabeth, 33, 89, 166

  Engelhardt, Imre, 86–7

  Esztergom, 9–14, 21, 26, 35, 50

  Esztergom, Mayor of, 9–14

  Esterházy, Christine, 68

  Eugene of Savoy, Prince, 49–50

  Ferdinand, King, 146

  Fielding, Xan, 5, 8

  Fischer, Rudolf, 7

  Francis II, 71

  Franz-Ferdinand, Archduke, 158, 166

  Franz-Josef, Emperor, 163, 166, 240

  Gelu, 96n, 97

  Georgina, 109

  Gescher, Eva Bekássy v., 7

  Great Bustards, 73–4

  Grenville, Sir Richard, 35

  Gypsies, encampment, 44–9, music, 62, 141, washing for gold, 187 passim

  Gyula (valet), 91

  Hadik, Andreas, 32

  Haroun-al-Rashid, Calif, 56

  Haviar, Dr. vitez Gyula, and family, 64–6

  Hermannstadt (Sibiu), 174, 233 and n

  Herriot, Edouard, 182

  Hitler, 133, 211

  Horthy, Admiral, Regent of Hungary, 33, 38, 40, 226

  Horvath, István, 178

  Hunyadi, János, 121–4, 146, 246, 249 and n

  Hunyadi, Lászlo, 146

  Hunyadis (another family), 125

  Hunyor, Dr. Imre, 58–9, 60

  Ilona, 104

  Isabella, Queen of Poland, 146

  István, 129–42 passim and ch. VI passim

  Iza, 104, 177

  Jasš, 105–8, 177

  Jászberény, 55

  Jenghiz Khan, 20, 21, 191

  Johann, Archduke (18th cent.), 70–1

  John VIII Palaeologue, 199

  John Sigismund, last King-elect of Hungary, 146

  Joseph, Archduke, 82

  Joyce, James, 39–40

  Józsi, Count, 78–82

  Kápolnás, 116, 177

  Karl, King, and Queen Zita, last Sovereigns of Hungary and Austria, 33

  Kazan (region), 235, 239, 244

  Kingslake, Alexander, 50

  Kocs, 102

  Koestler, Arthur, 119n

  Konopy, v., 115, 177

  Konsular Academie, 129

  Körösladány (village and castle), 67

  Koschka Brothers (acrobats), 26

  Kossovar winds, 242

  Kossuth, Lajos ‘hero,’ 64–5, 104, 163, 240

  Kronstadt (Bras, ov, Brásso), 170 and n, 172

  Krum, 51–2, 56

  Lajos, 73–6

  Lapușnic, 178, 225

  Lászlo, 76–7

  Lázár, Laszlo v., 178-9

  Lederer, Miklos, 61–2

  Lökösháza, 85

  Louis (Lajos) II, King, 49 and n

  Luther, Martin, 184

  Magyars, 20, 36, 52

  Malek (horse), 41–64 passim

  Maria Teresa, Empress, 21

  Marie, Queen of Rumania, 146

  Martinuzzi, Cardinal, 109

  Matthias Corvinus. See Corvinus

  Meran, Countess Ilona, 67-9

  Meran, Count Johann (Hansi), 70

  Mezötur, 60

  Michael the Brave (17th cent.), 145–6, 173

  Michael, Prince, 85

  Miklos, 27

  Mioritza, 218–21

  Moldavia, Principality of, 98 passim

  Moldova Veche, 235, 239

  Mongols, 20–1

  Mures,, 156

  Murray, Mr. and Mrs. John, 8

  Nádasdy château, 115

  New York Hotel, Cluj, 152–3

  Nicephorus, Emperor, 52

  Nicholas I, Tsar, 163

  O’Kigyos, 83, 104

  Orșova, 231, 239, 248, 251, 253, 256

  Otto, Archduke, 33, 89

  Otto, Emperor, 53

  Ötvenes, 108–10

  Pâncota, 86

  Pechenegs, 52

  Pest, 36–7, 41

  Peter, Brother, 111–3

  Petöfi ‘poet and hero,’ 72, 163

  Pied Piper ‘legend,’ 161–2, 162n

  Puztapo, 60

  Radu (shepherd), 192–5, 202–3, 207

  Rákoczi princes, 147

  Rantzau, Josias v., 126 and n

  Regat (The Kingdom), 98, 125, 241

  Ria, 91–2, 101, 109

  Rilke, Rainer Maria, 35

  Rudolph II, Emperor, 35

  Rudolph, Crown Prince, 158

  Safta and Ileana, 136–9

  Saki, 181–2

  Sarmizegethusa, ancient capital of the Dacians, 204

  Schossberger, Baron, 60

  Schramm, Heinz, 226–7

  Scott, Sir Walter, 109n

  Segesvár (Schässburg), 160

  Serédy, Mgr., Archbishop of Esztergom and Prince Primate of Hungary, 10

  Sidney, Sir Philip, 35

  Sigismund of Hungary, King, later H.R.E., 122, 249–50

  Simeon the Bulgar, 52

  Slatin Pasha, 38

  Soborsin, 115 and n, 177

  Sozzini and the Socinians, 150

  Stauffenberg Conspiracy, 126n

  St. Albans, Duke of, 34

  St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 20

  St. Nicetas of Remesiana, 96

  St. Stephen, 53

  St. Stephen’s Crown, 33, 100, 240

  Suleiman the Magnificent, 49–50

  Svevo, Italo, 40

  Sweeps’ secret guild, 29

  Swiatapluk, 51

  Sylvester, David, 7

  Szechényi, Count István, 236 and n, 239, 251, 256

  Szeklers, 155–6, 160

  Szentendre, 22, 24

  Szigi, 81

  Szob, 15

  Szolnok, 58, 61

  Tartars (Tatars), 105, 169–70

  Teleki, Count Jenö and Countess Catherine (Tinka), 116–21, 124–8, 133–4, 145–6, 177

  Teleki, Count Joseph, 120

  Teleki, Count Paul, 38 and n

  Teleki, Count Samuel (18th cent.), 119–27

  Theresianum, The, 129

  Thuroczy, Tibor v., 60

  Tibor (Borosjenö), 88–92, 102–4

  Tibor (Budapest), 25, 39

  Timis,, valley of, 230

  Timis, oara, 115

  Toledo, Third Council of, 197

  Tomesști, 180

  Tovicseghaza, 104

  Trajan’s Bridge, 241

  Transylvania described, 92–102

  Turda, 150

  Uri utca (17th cent. street in Budapest), 24–5

  Vajdahunyad castle, 121 et seq.

  Vár (fortress of Buda), 24, 36

  Vasilakis, Niko, 7

  Vestö, town and castle, 73, 75

  Visegrád, town and castle, 20, 217

  Vlad III of Wallachia, 163–4

  Voltaire, 120

  Winckler, Robert v., 180, 187

  Wallachia, Principality of, 101 passim

  Wolves, 194–5

  Ybl, architect, 81

  Zám, 127, 128

  Zapolya, King, 146

  THIS IS A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOK

  PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS

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  Copyright © 1986 by Patrick Leigh Fermor

  Introduction copyright © 2005 by Jan Morris

  All rights reserved.

  First published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Ltd

  Cover painting: Albrecht Altdorfer, View of the Danube near Regensburg, c. 1520 Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Scala/Art Resource

  Cover design: Katy Homans

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:

  Fermor, Patrick Leigh.

  Between the woods and the water / by Patrick Leigh Fermor ; introduction by Jan Morris.

  p. cm. — (New York Review Books classics)

  Continues: A time of gifts.

  Originally published: London : Murray, 1986. With new introd.

  Includes index
.

  ISBN 1-59017-166-7 (alk. paper)

  1. Danube River Valley—Description and travel. 2. Europe, Eastern—Description and travel. 3. Fermor, Patrick Leigh—Travel—Danube River Valley. I. Title. II. Series.

  DJK76.4.F47 2005

  914.96—dc22

  2005012027

  eISBN 978-1-59017-518-7

  v1.0

  For a complete list of books in the NYRB Classics series, visit www.nyrb.com or write to:

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  CONTENTS

  Cover

  Biographical Notes

  Title Page

  Introduction

  BETWEEN THE WOODS AND THE WATER

  Epigraph

  Introductory Letter to Xan Fielding

  1 Bridge Passage

  2 Budapest

  3 The Great Hungarian Plain

  4 The Marches of Transylvania

  5 Across the Forest

  6 Triple Fugue

  7 Carpathian Uplands

  8 The End of Middle Europe

  Appendix: Thoughts at a Café Table Between the Kazan and the Iron Gates

  Index

  Copyright and More Information

 

 

 


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