Bibliography Magyar
Hungarian Books in English

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Beginner's Guide

 

HANDY GUIDE TO HUNGARIAN GENEALOGICAL RECORDS by Jared H. Suess, published by Everton Publishers Inc., PO Box 368, Logan, UT, 84321-0368. $6.50. Explanations of the records available through the L.D.S. Family History Centres, some translations of common Hungarian & Latin terms.

 

Churches

 

THE HABITATION OF THY HOUSE, LORD, I HAVE LOVED WELL .... Reformed Ecclesiastical Art in Hungary by Béla Takács and József Hapák, published 1989 by Officina Nova, Budapest. ISBN 963 7836 26 8. 500 florints. Beautiful photographs of village churches.

 

THE CHURCHES OF BUDAPEST by Tamás Pinter and Anna Kaiser, published 1990 by Corvina Books, Vörösmarty tér 1, Budapest, Hungary 1051. ISBN 963 13 3825 8. Descriptions and drawings of many of the city's churches, all denominations.

 

History

 

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF HUNGARY by István Lázár, published 1988 by Corvina Books, Vörösmarty tér 1, Budapest, Hungary 1051. ISBN 963 13 3364 7. 1300 florints. Colourful but essentially a thumbsnail sketch of Hungary's history.

 

THE MAGYARS by György Baláks and Károly Szelényi, published 1989 by Corvina Books, Vörösmarty tér 1, Budapest, Hungary 1051. ISBN 963 13 2710 8. A history of the race that created Hungary.

 

THE CORVINA HISTORY OF HUNGARY edited by Péter Hanák, published 1990 by Corvina Books, Vörösmarty tér 1, Budapest, Hungary 1051. ISBN 963 13 3367 1. Weightier, more academic tome.

 

ONE THOUSAND YEARS: A Concise History of Hungary edited by Péter Hanák, published 1990 by Corvina Books, Vörösmarty tér 1, Budapest, Hungary 1051. ISBN 963 13 3825 8. Lighter version of the above.

 

GREETINGS FROM OLD BUDAPEST by Ferenc Kollin, published 1989 by Corvina Books, Vörösmarty tér 1, Budapest, Hungary 1051. ISBN 963 13 2240 8. Postcard scenes from the 19th and early 20th Century with detailed notes and an old facsimile street map.

 

CRY HUNGARY! Uprising 1956 by Reg Gadney, published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1986. ISBN 0 297 78960 0. A day by day record of the Uprising from October 23 - November 4 1956, many photographs, often quite gruesome!

 

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