The Red Lion: The Elixir Of Eternal Life

Szepes, Maria

ISBN 10: 0965262189 / ISBN 13: 9780965262187

Published by Horus Pub Inc, 1998

About this Item

Trade Paperback. Collectible: Good. Edge and corner wear. Slight spine curl.

Seller Inventory # 534341

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Red Lion: The Elixir Of Eternal Life
• Publisher: Horus Pub Inc
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965262189
• ISBN 13: 9780965262187
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Collectible: Good
• Weight: 16 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • SCI-FI :: Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

The Red Lion

About the Author

Maria Szepes was born Magdolna Scherbach in Budapest, Hungary December 14, 1908. From a theatrical family, she appeared as a film actress under the name Magda Papia from 1916 - 1933. On January 2, 1931 she married Bela Szepes and was happily married to him for 56 years. Initially they lived in Berlin where she worked as a journalist and screenwriter. The Red Lion, Szepes first novel, was published in 1946 in Hungary. It was an immediate bestseller. Considered dissentient by the communist regime, the book was banned and ordered destroyed. Four copies survived and the novel began to be distributed underground. It was eventually smuggled out of Hungary and appeared in the West in 1984. Maria Szepes died in Budapest, Hungary September 3, 2007. She was 98.