Nagy Lajos Király

Irén Gulácsy's huge historical novel and the biography of the king.

The original of the work can be found in the Hungarian Electronic Library: https://mek.oszk.hu/16200/16266/#

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The story, set in the late 1380s, runs on two main threads: Louis the Great of Anjou - at the peak of his reign, during the unprecedented prosperity of his country - hides a terrible secret: his leprosy. The disease cannot be revealed because it would undermine his ruling authority and prevail over it until he has completed and consolidated the achievements of his empire. Even his wife, Elizabeth Kotromanics, does not know about Lajos' troubles - and the king's struggle - to slow the spread of the disease, to complete his construction work - this is another thread of the plot:
In addition to his royal worries, illness, and concern for the queen, Louis is troubled by something else: his uncertain faith in the presence of divine providence.
The novel is enriched by huge, taboo-like scenes: balls, dinners, folk festivals, hunts, descriptions of the invasion of St. Paul's relic, which, as a result of Gulácsy's ethnographic and historical research, almost systematically present the customs, material world, legal system and society.

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