The Last Days of Budapest by LeBor, Adam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Reviews Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents Prologue

Budapest, Late October 1944

Part One: The Balancing Act

1. The End of Empire 2. A Nation Traumatised 3. The Most Seductive City 4. Diplomatic Dances 5. Brothers in Sword and Glass 6. A Sackful of Trouble 7. A Surfeit of Spies 8. The Die is Cast 9. City of Spies 10. Hungary Goes to War

Part Two: Magyar Manoeuvres

11. A Time of Dying 12. A New Spring’s Hope Dies 13. A Marriage of Convenience 14. An Agreement in Istanbul 15. A South African in Budapest

Part Three: The Last Days

16. Operation Margarethe 17. Head of State in Absentia 18. A Wave of Arrests 19. Warnings Ignored 20. Mission Impossible 21. Exodus 22. A Dirty Business 23. Summer Salvation 24. Neutral Rescuers 25. A Time of Alibis 26. A New Year’s Promise 27. A False October Dawn 28. The Gates of Hell 29. Death March 30. To the Ghetto 31. Days of Hunger and Terror 32. Siege and Slaughter 33. Shells Rain Down 34. Fresh Depths of Savagery 35. Pest Liberated, Buda Fights On

Afterword Notes

The surviving dramatis personae and their fate

Archives Cited Bibliography

Books Academic papers, journal articles and theses Print media and website articles Websites Private accounts and diaries Selected documentaries

Endnotes

1 The End of Empire 2 A Nation Traumatised 3 The Most Seductive City 4 Diplomatic Dances 5 Brothers in Sword and Glass 6 A Sackful of Trouble 7 A Surfeit of Spies 8 The Die is Cast 9 City of Spies 10 Hungary Goes to War 11 A Time of Dying 12 A New Spring’s Hope Dies 13 A Marriage of Convenience 14 An Agreement in Istanbul 15 A South African in Budapest Part Three: The Last Days 16 Operation Margarethe 17 Head of State in Absentia 18 A Wave of Arrests 19 Warnings Ignored 20 Mission Impossible 21 Exodus 22 A Dirty Business 23 Summer Salvation 24 Neutral Rescuers 25 A Time of Alibis 26 A New Year’s Promise 27 A False October Dawn 28 The Gates of Hell 29 Death March 30 To the Ghetto 31 Days of Hunger and Terror 32 Siege and Slaughter 33 Shells Rain Down 34 Fresh Depths of Savagery 35 Pest Liberated, Buda Fights On Afterword

Acknowledgements About the Author An Invitation from the Publisher