Mór Jókai
Móricz Jókay of Ásva, known as Mór Jókai, was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Outside of Hungary, he was also known as Maurice Jókai or Maurus Jokai or Mauritius Jókai. He was a leader of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in Pest. His romantic novels became widely popular among the elite of Victorian England, where he was often compared to Charles Dickens by the press. One of his most famous admirers was Queen Victoria herself.
A Christian But a Roman
Amidst crumbling Roman power, a tale of forbidden love and spiritual awakening emerges, entangling a noble soldier with a devout Christian woman whose faith could cost them everything.
By Mór Jókai
'Midst the Wild Carpathians
In a rugged land, love and betrayal collide when a hunting trip turns tragic and unleashes a quest for power amid rising tensions.
By Mór Jókai
In Love With the Czarina, and Other Stories
Amidst a world of czars and Cossacks, a forbidden love ignites, threatening to upturn the fate of an empire.
By Mór Jókai
Eyes Like the Sea: A Novel
Witness a young man's world turn upside down as he falls for a girl whose eyes hold the depths of the ocean, sparking a journey of love, ambition, and self-discovery.
By Mór Jókai
Debts of Honor
** When a family patriarch dies suddenly, a curse might doom his sons to a similar fate unless they can confront a dark family history.
By Mór Jókai
Manasseh: A Romance of Transylvania
Amid revolution, a young nobleman's chance encounter on a train sparks a journey of love, political intrigue, and a fight for his troubled homeland.
By Mór Jókai
The Baron's Sons: A Romance of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
As the Hungarian Revolution erupts, three sons must confront their father's dying wishes and forge their paths in a nation fighting for its freedom.
By Mór Jókai
The Tower of Dago
A man, betrayed by his own brother, retreats to a lonely tower and seeks vengeance, setting his family on a collision course with fate.
By Mór Jókai
The Slaves of the Padishah
In a world of clashing cultures and newfound fortunes, a reluctant millionaire must navigate palace intrigue, forbidden desires, and the looming shadow of an empire.
By Mór Jókai
The Day of Wrath
In a village haunted by prophecy and despair, an old woman's chilling predictions ignite a community's deepest fears as disaster looms.
By Mór Jókai
A Hungarian Nabob
In a 19th-century Hungarian setting, a wealthy eccentric faces his Parisian nephew, who has hopes of receiving an inheritance, unveiling a web of social dynamics amid a world of mud, rain, and the promise of riches.
By Mór Jókai
Dr. Dumany's Wife
On a speeding train bound for disaster, a wealthy family's journey takes a sharp turn when tragedy strikes.
By Mór Jókai
Tales From Jókai
Heavenly intervention and humorous defiance collide when a city stands united against a formidable Pasha, their resilience tested by both earthly threats and supernatural events.
By Mór Jókai
The Golden Age in Transylvania
Amidst a land filled with political turmoil, a group of hunters find their fates entwined as they face wild dangers and courtly love.
By Mór Jókai
The Lion of Janina; Or, The Last Days of the Janissaries: A Turkish Novel
In Ottoman Turkey, one man struggles against enemies, prophecies, and his destiny as his ambition threatens to destroy everything.
By Mór Jókai
Peter the Priest
A disciplined young monk must confront his inner demons when he's tasked with tutoring a troublesome child and finds himself drawn to the boy's alluring mother.
By Mór Jókai
The Poor Plutocrats
In a world of immense wealth, a family's longing for love and fortune reveals a destructive core of greed, secrets, and resentment as they struggle to escape the clutches of their tyrannical patriarch.
By Mór Jókai
Halil the Pedlar: A Tale of Old Stambul
In a time of great unrest, a common pedlar finds himself at the heart of a revolution.
By Mór Jókai
Pretty Michal
In a time of upheaval, a sheltered young woman must defy her father's warnings as she becomes entangled in a forbidden romance, risking everything for love and fidelity.
By Mór Jókai
Timar's Two Worlds
In a world of perilous waters and hidden identities, a ship captain and a young girl find their fates intertwined as they navigate a dangerous river and search for safety and truth.
By Mór Jókai