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20. THE "KURUC KING" AND HIS "QUEEN" (Imre Thököly and Ilona Zrínyi)

Aftermath of the "Wesselényi Conspiracy" * The "Kuruc King" * From Zenith to Nadir in a Year * Ilona Zrínyi Comes to the Fore * Thököly Rides Again * A Reunion after Seven Years * Farther and Farther from Hungary

21. THE PRINCE WHO NEVER HAD A HOME (Ferenc Rákóczi II)

The "Lion Cubs" * Rákóczi "Germanized" * Leopold I: the Pious "Tyrant" * The High Cost of Liberation * A Reluctant Insurgent Comes to the Fore * It Started with 300 Serfs * A One-Eyed Daredevil * An Appeal to the World * The Wheel of Fortune Turns - to a Standoff * Bad Luck and Nothing Else * Surrender -without Rákóczi * The Kuruc Spirit Still Lives

22. MARIA THERESIA - HUNGARY'S ONLY REIGNING QUEEN

Hungarian Arms Come to the Fore

23. THE RISE OF NATIONALISM

The Specter of Panslavism * The Awakening of Rumanian Nationalism

24. THE "GREATEST HUNGARIAN" COUNT ISTVÁN SZÉCHENYI

Un-Hungarian Magyar Magnates * The "Rebirth" of Széchenyi * A "Grand Passion" for Life * An Immortal Deed-in Five Sentences * A Declaration of War on Medievalism * The Taming of Two Rivers * Two Stars in Collision * A Savior Who Could Not Save Himself * "Széchenyi and Kossuth" A Scene from a Historical Play

25. THE "PERFECT MAGYAR" MIKLÓS WESSELÉNYI

The Son of "the Iron Man" * A Childhood to Remember * The Embodiment of Magyar Spirit * Vienna is Upset by a "Newcomer" * "My Road is the Straight Road" * A Memorable Duel

26. LAJOS KOSSUTH: CHAMPION OF LIBERTY

Early Signs of Rebel Spirit * A Delegate without a Voice * A Novel Weapon -Forged by the Pen * Imprisonment - a Blessing in Disguise * A Militant Journalist * An Epochal Day in Hungarian History: March 15, 1848 * That Day in Vienna... * Nationalities Incited against Hungary * Nation Electrified by a Single Speech * The War of Independence 1848-1849 * Habsburg Euphoria Turns into Humiliation * Russians Save Austria from Defeat * Kossuth in Exile * England Mesmerized by Kossuth's Oratory * Kossuth in America * Forty-two More Years of Exile

27. FERENC DEÁK: "THE SAGE OF HUNGARY"

A Day of Mourning * A Day of Jubilation * The Architect of Change * Master of Political Survival * Haynau's Terrorism - Bach's Suppression * Deák Comes to the Fore * The Road to Compromise

28. QUEEN ELIZABETH: THE "GUARDIAN ANGEL" OF HUNGARY

A "Fairy-Tale" Marriage * Happiness Ruined by Mother-in-Law * Reaching out to Hungary * Love Affair between a Queen and a Country * A Restless Wanderer * "Mater Dolorosa"

29. AN ERA OF LIGHT AND SHADOW

The Year of the Millennium * The Dark Side of the Compromise * Defense -Alliance against Russia * Futile Attempts to Appease the Nationalities * The Failure of Magyarization * The Idea of a Danubian Confederation * Jewish Immigration - Hungarian Emigration * A Ruler with Three Crowns

Stephen Sisa : The Spirit of Hungary