Hedgehog-like attorney
This is from an excellent trilogy by the Hungarian writer Miklos Banffy, chronicling the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and...
Shovel-shaped antlers
Recently saw a David Attenborough programme showing such flat-planed antlers. Here they are spotted in the forest regions of Transylvania.
...Ahead of his time
While I believe that 'cold statistics' properly deployed, can in fact help us take account of people's feelings and traditions,...
Poison-green brocade
Wondering what shade is poison-green, I discovered that Pantone has given it a vivid verdancy; the hex-code is 49B960 and...
Camphor-smelling claw
Balint is the splendid principal character in this tapestried look at the decline of Hungary's aristocracy before the First World...
Topaz-coloured eyes
Adrienne is far the most interesting female character in this monumental trilogy, and there is great finesse in the author's...
Szkupcsina
This intriguing word turned up in Miklos Banffy's superb Transylvanian Trilogy, tracing the decline of the Hungarian aristocracy in the...
Worm-like creature
Balint is one of the most engaging characters in Banffy's splendid trilogy of novels covering the closing decades of the...
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