The Pendragon Legend

Antal Szerb; Len Rix (translator)

ISBN 10: 190128560X / ISBN 13: 9781901285604

Published by Pushkin Press, 2006

About this Item

2006 Pushkin Press Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Near fine copy appears unread.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1595602701855

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pendragon Legend
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190128560X
• ISBN 13: 9781901285604
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Contemporary Fiction

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Synopsis

At an end-of-London-season soirée, the young Hungarian scholar-dilettante Janos Bátky is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumors. Invited to the family seat?Pendragon Castle in North Wales?Bátky receives a mysterious phone call warning him not to go; but he does and finds himself in a bizarre world of mysticism and romance, animal experimentation, and planned murder. His quest to solve the central mystery takes him down strange byways?old libraries and warehouse cellars, Welsh mountains, and underground tombs.

About the Author

Antal Szerb (1901?1945) was an essayist, novelist, playwright, and a formidable scholar whose books include History of Hungarian Literature, Journey by Moonlight, Oliver VII, and The Queen's Necklace. He was twice awarded the Baumgarten Prize, and in 1933 he was elected president of the Hungarian Literary Academy. Len Rix also translated Journey by Moonlight and Oliver VII.