Mór Jókai 
’Midst the Wild Carpathians 

Midst the Wild Carpathians by Mor Jokai is a novel about the complex political situation of seventeenth-century Transylvania, where Ottoman Turks retained some influence despite the country’s nominal independence. The book is full of adventure and virtue. The author places his protagonists into intriguing situations and does this with an irony that exceeds that of Mark Twain.