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competencefantasy's review
I went until it started getting too modern for my tastes
It's a really well written book and I recommmend it to anyone with the interest
It's a really well written book and I recommmend it to anyone with the interest
hein's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Touches on every major era and trend in a clear-eyed manner. Not terribly inspiring or literary or amazing, but maybe that’s for the best.
Content Warnings
Popular history
reggiewoods's review
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
“Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West” by Victor Sebestyen (2022)
Nonfiction: History
Arguably Europe’s most beautiful city, Budapest occupies a strategic location between many cultures that has seen them ruled by just about every empire under the sun. Sebestyen presents his history of the city as a millennium-long struggle of Hungarians finding their own identity. Until recently, Buda and Pest were two different cities serving vastly different purposes, and the author highlights why that has been and how they were finally able to unite. Throughout the history there are plenty of extraordinary people and a culture that somehow persists despite all the incursion from their conquering neighbors. It brings an added richness to a city that is already such a rich and rewarding experience.
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