I picked this book because Hungary's positioning between the two world wars always seems like an interesting setting, and the review was favorable.
Then I became a little nervous that the plot might be too focused on life in a girls boarding school. And there was quite a bit of that, but it fit into the story line quite nicely and I ended up enjoying the book quite a bit.
Protagonist is the 14 year old daughter of a Hungarian army general; spoiled, willful, enjoying life in Budapest; sent off to a provincial boarding school without much explanation and has a hard time fitting in. Abigail is a statue that somehow seems to intervene when the girls have severe troubles.
Meanwhile the alliance with Hitler is going poorly, the Hungarian army is getting pummeled in the Stalingrad fighting, Germany is taking over in Hungary, tension and difficult decisions.
Author does a good job developing characters among the school girls, the faculty, etc.
Recommended.
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