Fuimus

Set in the waning days of the Austro‑Hungarian aristocracy, the novel opens with the death of Gábor Márfay and the iron‑clad terms of his will. He entrusts his widowed sister‑in‑law, Anna, and the baron Czobor with raising his only son under a rigid programme: a decade in a Swiss boarding school, followed by studies in Germany, France and England. The sprawling estates of the Márfay, Niffor and Czobor families loom over the story, their ancient rivalries and tangled marriages shaping a world where lineage and duty dominate every decision.

Into this tightly scripted life steps the boy Gábor himself—intelligent, restless, and oddly detached from the expectations placed upon him. Though a diligent scholar, he is more at home among the dusty volumes of his private library than in lecture halls, earning a reputation that swings between eccentric genius and reckless fool. As Baron Czobor, the executor of the will, watches his charge closely, the young man’s quiet defiance begins to stir questions about identity, freedom, and the true cost of a legacy imposed from beyond the grave.