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It’s been a while since I added to the LMG Book Club so here is a selection of books to inspire you to visit Budapest.
Books to Inspire You to Visit Budapest
The Budapest Artists’ Club
Laura McLove encounters a handsome Hungarian dancer and returns to Budapest to find him and get closure on the strange events that occurred nearly twenty years earlier.
Late Spring, and arriving on Franz Liszt Square, Laura enrols an old friend to search for Zoltán around the bars and nightclubs of Budapest, all the while telling the story of the winter she spent in Budapest where she found herself at the centre of a peculiar musical instrument heist.
This light-hearted and contemporary second-chance romance takes us into the world of Budapest musicians and dancers and is focussed on the imaginary Artists’ Club–where everyone knows your name. Our story takes us from London to Pest, into the Buda Hills then down to Lake Balaton and back again. It features a charismatic Gypsy violin player, a chain-smoking Hungarian academic, a Jewish instrument-maker, a powdery-blue Trabant as well as a range of characters unique to this great city, with musings about love, wine, music and the great composers along the way.
Strangers in Budapest
Budapest: gorgeous city of secrets, with ties to a shadowy, bloody past. It is to this enigmatic European capital that a young American couple, Annie and Will, move from Boston with their infant son shortly after the fall of the Communist regime. For Annie, it is an effort to escape the ghosts that haunt her past, and Will wants simply to seize the chance to build a new future for his family.
Eight months after their move, their efforts to assimilate are thrown into turmoil when they receive a message from friends in the US asking that they check up on an elderly man, a fiercely independent Jewish American WWII veteran who helped free Hungarian Jews from a Nazi prison camp. They soon learn that the man, Edward Weiss, has come to Hungary to exact revenge on someone he is convinced seduced, married, and then murdered his daughter.
Annie, unable to resist anyone’s call for help, recklessly joins in the old man’s plan to track down his former son-in-law and confront him, while Will, pragmatic and cautious by nature, insists they have nothing to do with Weiss and his vendetta. What Annie does not anticipate is that in helping Edward she will become enmeshed in a dark and deadly conflict that will end in tragedy and a stunning loss of innocence.
The 500 Hidden Secrets of Budapest
An insider’s guide to Budapest and its hidden secrets and addresses
An inspirational and practical guide to Budapest’s finest and most interesting places, buildings, restaurants, shops, museums, galleries, neighbourhoods, gardens and cafes
A new edition in Luster’s successful and attractive series of city guides
Budapest has so much to offer; The 500 Hidden Secrets of Budapest helps you choose where to start when discovering this beautiful city. In this affectionate guide, Budapest local András Török shares 500 places to eat, sleep, drink, shop and visit in his hometown, as well as some interesting facts.
Lonely Planet Pocket Budapest
Lonely Planet Pocket Budapest is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit the Royal Palace and its museums, ‘take the waters’ of the art nouveau Gellert Baths, or bar hop the district of Erzsebetvaros; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Budapest and begin your journey now!
It’s the Perfect Choice as a colourful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can’t-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Have you ever been inspired to visit a place after reading a book?
Let me know in the comments
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