Esta ambiciosa saga, ambientada en la evocadora y turbulenta región de Transilvania, narra las fortunas de una familia aristocrática en medio de profundas convulsiones sociales y políticas a principios del siglo XX. La narrativa retrata magistralmente la caída de un viejo mundo, el choque entre tradición y modernidad, y el espíritu humano frente al inevitable declive. Ofrece un rico tapiz de amor, traición, intrigas políticas y tragedias personales. Esta trilogía es un retrato inmersivo de una época, resonando con temas de identidad y legado.
Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself.
Balint Abady is forced to part from the beautiful and unhappily married Adrienne Uzdy. This title contrasts a life of privilege and corruption with the lives and problems of an expatriate Romanian peasant minority whom Balint tries to help. It is an unrivalled evocation of a rich aristocratic world oblivious of its impending demise.
Tells about the lives of Balint, with his ultimately unhappy love for Adrienne, and his fatally flawed cousin, Laszlo Gyeroffy, who dies in poverty and neglect.