Goodbye to Budapest, Margarita Morris
Goodbye to Budapest, Margarita Morris
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Goodbye to Budapest
A Novel of the Hungarian Uprising

Author: Margarita Morris

Narrator: Samantha Desz

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/08/2020


Synopsis

Family and freedom. It's worth fighting for what really matters.

Budapest, 1952. When Katalin and her father, Márton, are woken by the ringing of the doorbell in the dead of night, it can mean only one thing. The Secret Police have come to arrest him on charges of subversion. But Katalin knows her father is innocent.

In a communist society where ordinary people live in fear of the dreaded Secret Police, suspicion and betrayal are rife. Whilst Márton endures the injustice of being wrongly accused, Katalin must find out who among her friends and acquaintances she can truly trust.

But there is a glimmer of hope in the darkness. The death of Stalin is a spark that ignites a fuse. For the first time it seems that change is possible.

In October 1956, a student-led demonstration soon turns into a bloody battle to overthrow the hated communist regime. Confronted by Soviet tanks, young and old take to the streets, armed with Molotov cocktails, bravery, and cunning.

Katalin and those she loves must fight for freedom. They must fight to survive.

Packed with authentic historical details, Goodbye to Budapest is a panoramic novel of courage, sacrifice and the indomitable human quest for freedom.

About Margarita Morris

As a student of French and German at Jesus College, Oxford, it was an unforgettable trip to Berlin in 1987, including the former East Berlin, that became the inspiration for Margarita Morris's Berlin Wall escape novel Oranges for Christmas many years later. Margarita then pursued her interest in Eastern Europe by writing a novel about the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 in Goodbye to Budapest. Her latest book explores the turbulent story of Poland in World War Two. Margarita is married with two children and lives in Oxfordshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin

“If communism is ethically superior to capitalism, as Marxist philosophers claim, why does it have to be imposed through fear and tyranny?” Historical fiction, if it’s done well, augments my understanding of past events by giving me a first person perspective. The characters may be fictional but the......more

Goodreads review by Kati

Goodbye to Budapest What can I say about a book that deals with the 1956 Hungarian uprising? I was 10 years old living in Budapest during that fall. My parents tried to shield me as much as possible from reality, I was not allowed out on the street. When fighting broke out, I was staying overnight wi......more

A little slow to start, but this piece of historical fiction mirrored a true story I’ve grown up hearing all my life. This story hit very close to home as I’m a first generation American to Hungarian parents and grandparents. They also said goodbye to Budapest as they fled their country and homeland......more

O ficțiune istorică despre revoluția ungară care pe mine nu m-a impresionat în mod deosebit. Dacă ești cititor de ficțiune istorică probabil vei fi încântat să afli cum a început revoluția lor dar mai mult nu te va impresiona. Condițiile de viață și atmosfera generală sunt întâlnite în multe alte roma......more

I found this a most riveting family story set during the dark days of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Whether you lived through that time, as I did, or if this is a new slice of modern history for you, you will be gripped by this heart wrenching tale.......more