Eclipse of the Crescent Moon
By (author): "George F. Cushing, Géza Gárdonyi"
Publish Date:
1899
ISBN9631333728
ISBN139789631333725
AsinEclipse of the Crescent Moon
CharactersGergely Bornemissza, Éva Cecey, István Dobó, Jumurdzsák
Original titleEgri csillagok
Géza Gárdonyi set his Hungarian children's classic in the 16th century during the 150-year Ottoman occupation. Besides the tales of several battles, the novel details the 1552 Siege of Eger, during which Captain István Dobó's 2,000 Hungarian men, women and children inside the county's castle, defeated a Turkish force of 80,000 men. The Hungarian title, Egri csillagok> (literally, "Stars of Eger"), is required reading in Hungarian schools.