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When in 1705 Kornell Csillags grandfather returns destitute to his nativeHungary from exile he happens across a gold fobwatch gleaming in the mud. Theshipwrecked fortunes of the Csillag family suddenly take a new and marvelousturn. The golden watch brings an unexpected gift to the future generations offirstborn sons clairvoyance. Passed down from father to son this gift offersthe ability to look into the future or back into historyfor some it isconsidered a blessing for others a curse. No matter the outcome eachgeneration records its astonishing vivid and revelatory visions into abattered journal that becomes known as The Book of Fathers. For three hundredyears the Csillag family line meanders unbroken across Hungarys rivers andvineyards through a land overrun by wolves and bandits scarred by plague andmassacre and brutalized by despots. Impetuous tenderhearted and shrewd theCsillags give birth to scholars and gamblers artists and entrepreneurs. Ledastray by unruly passions they marry frigid French noblewomen and thievingalehouse whores. They change their name and their religion and change themback. They wander from home but always return and through it all The Book ofFathers bears witness to holocaust and wedding feast alike. «
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