"The Siege of Budapest"

The Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War II (Krisztian Ungvary & John Lukacs)

I just couldn't get into this book. It's fairly dry, which doesn't help, but I think the real problem is the authors familiarity with Budapest; They write about sections of the city as if the name is all you need to get. Coming off a string of local history books, I can see where the Hungarian reader would understand what the authors are saying, but given that I know next to nothing about Budapest, I found my attention wandering. An Amazon I review I read complained about a lack of editing in the book and a possible bad translation, and I feel like there's a good book in here, but, unfortunately, not the book that was presented.

Grade: D