A historical novel of Ali Pasha of Janina, one of the most brilliant, picturesque, and capable ruffians of Turkish history. Jokai's exuberant imagination revels in the rich colors of the gorgeous East, while his ever alert humor makes the most of the sharp and strange contrasts of Oriental life and society. Maurus Jokai (1825 - 1904) was a Hungarian novelist who took part as a journalist in the revolution of 1848. He wrote about 200 novels, including Timar's Two Worlds, Black Diamonds, and The Romance of the Coming Century. He was intended for the law, that having been his father's profession...
A historical novel of Ali Pasha of Janina, one of the most brilliant, picturesque, and capable ruffians of Turkish history. Jokai's exuberant imaginat...
This biography of Stanislaus Poniatowski, the last king of Poland, vividly pictures the social, moral, and intellectual conditions in Poland at the end of the eighteenth century just as the Polish state was about to disappear from the map of Europe for more than a century. R. Nisbet Bain (1854-1909) of the British Museum Library translated many volumes of folklore.
This biography of Stanislaus Poniatowski, the last king of Poland, vividly pictures the social, moral, and intellectual conditions in Poland at the en...
Mor Jokai -- also known as Maurus Jokai -- was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. He originally studied law and became an advocate in what is now Budapest. Encouraged by the reception of his first play, "The Jewish Boy," he turned to writing, producing Working Days, and becoming editor of "Eletkepek," the leading Hungarian literary journal. Following a revolution and the deposition of the Hapsburg dynasty, he became a political suspect. He spent the next fourteen years reviving the Magyar language, producing thirty romances and numerous other works. After the re-establishment of the...
Mor Jokai -- also known as Maurus Jokai -- was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. He originally studied law and became an advocate in what is now Bud...
