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Eclipse of the Crescent Moon

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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.

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Eclipse of the Crescent Moon, Géza Gárdonyi

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2005
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Title
Eclipse of the Crescent Moon
Language
English
Publisher
Corvina
Released
2005
Format
Hardcover
Pages
562
ISBN10
9631354814
ISBN13
9789631354812
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Original title
Egri csillagok
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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.