The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Golden Age in Transylvania This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at gutenberg.telechargerjeux.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: The Golden Age in Transylvania Author: Mór Jókai Release date: June 6, 2010 [eBook #32708] Language: English Credits: Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GOLDEN AGE IN TRANSYLVANIA *** Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration] THE GOLDEN AGE IN TRANSYLVANIA Publisher's Note. This delightful historical romance by Jokai (pronounced by critics his best), is published in England under the title of "Midst the Wild Carpathians." This, the American edition, is printed in a more readable type, making a volume of one hundred additional pages. The scene of the story is laid in Transylvania; the time is the close of the seventeenth century, and the incidents relate to the reign of Michel Apafi, whom the Turks raised to the throne, ending with the murder of Denis Banfi, the last of the powerful Transylvanian barons. The story which has more than simple basis of truth, is absorbingly interesting and displays all the virility of Jokai's powers, his genius of description, his keenness of characterization, his subtlety of humor and his consummate art in the progression of the novel from one apparent climax to another. THE GOLDEN AGE IN TRANSYLVANIA BY MAURUS JOKAI Author of "Black Diamonds," "Peter the Priest," Etc., Etc. TRANSLATED BY S. L. AND A. V. WAITE [Illustration] NEW YORK R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 EAST 16th STREET 1898 Copyright 1898 BY R. F. FENNO & COMPANY _The Golden Age in Transylvania_ TABLE OF CONTENTS I. A HUNTING PARTY IN THE YEAR 1666 7 II. THE HOUSE IN EBESFALVA 32 III. A PRINCE BY COMPULSION 45 IV. THE HUNGARIAN PRINCES IN BANQUET 60 V. CASTLE BODOLA 69 VI. THE BATTLE OF NAGY-SZÖLLÖS 86 VII. THE PRINCESS 107 VIII. AZRAELE 130 IX. THE PRINCE AND HIS MINISTER 143 X. THE LIEUTENANT OF THE ROUNDS 170 XI. SANGA-MOARTA 184 XII. A GREAT LORD IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 215 XIII. THE NIGHT 243 XIV. THE COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE BANQUET HALL 266 XV. THE DIET OF KARLSBURG 279 XVI. THE LEAGUE 297 XVII. DEATH FOR A KISS 308 XVIII. WIFE AND ODALISQUE 325 XIX. THE JUDGMENT 356 THE GOLDEN AGE IN TRANSYLVANIA CHAPTER I A HUNTING PARTY IN THE YEAR 1666 Before we cross the Kiralyhago, let us cast a parting glance at Hungary. I will unroll before your eyes a scene, partly the result of an adverse fate, partly of a dark mystery, representing joy and also deep sorrow. An incident of a moment becomes the turning-point of a whole century. My soul is saddened by the images thus conjured up;