Hungary. The history of a star-cross'd family, if ever their was one, from the end of the seventeenth century to the present. A story of survival despite war, invasion, rebellion, genocide, tyranny. Proof that the human spirit can survive despite everything thrown at it, and our endless capacity for getting things wrong.
As his throat constricted he could taste blackberries and cranberries. The final image on the screen of his mind was of a fleeing flock of deer, running up the hill, reddish-purple dust swirling round their hoofs, their antlers scraping and scratching the sky that covered the ground.
