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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the best books on a cities I have ever read.  Lukacs does a great job describing Budapest as it was in 1900. By comparing Budapest with Vienna and Paris at the same time in history he helps put Budapest in it historical contact. Likewise by and contrasting it with the Budapest of toda...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10802582">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this book back in 92 before i went to live in hungary.  i don't remember much of this book, just the history class i took in budapest.  i think the book gave me a little bit of background, but not much. hungary is an intense place to live because you live in all its history visibly. it's all ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6750088">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bought for my free Delta trip to Budapest (don't forget to vote at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.delta.com/challenge">www.delta.com/challenge</a> - team name &quot;AWESOMEST BROTHERS&quot;) This book was fairly dull and mostly a pain to read. It provided some pleasant and interesting moments, but if I wasn't traveling to Budapest as I read it, I doubt t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4190907">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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