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Budapest in Wartime: Adam LeBor Interviewed

Budapest in Wartime: Adam LeBor Interviewed

In his latest book of non-fiction, journalist and author LeBor has written a tale of espionage and spycraft, and he met novelist Alan Bardos recently to discuss.

Budapest in Wartime: Adam LeBor Interviewed Congratulations on the publication of your new book, The Last Days of Budapest. It’s an extremely powerful book that tells the story of Budapest’s descent into catastrophe during World War II, could you start by telling us...

The Last Days of Budapest, by Adam LeBor

The Last Days of Budapest, by Adam LeBor

This is an immaculately researched book, written in a fluent and engaging style.

Eighty years on from the end of the Second World War our understanding of it ought to be sophisticated enough by now to appreciate that all was not necessarily as it seemed. As tempting as it is, one should avoid viewing the events in Europe in 1939-1945 in simplistic...