Lajos (Louis) Kossuth having arrived to England in 1851, became a regular contributor to two British weeklies, the
liberal
Sunday Times and the radical The Atlas. He found himself to the midst of great popularity. He was considered as one of the greatest persons who had ever landed on Britain''s shore. But official Britain took a critical view on his presence. He mastered the English language in 1837 to 1840 during his prison years in Buda. He had experience in the press, as the editor of the
liberal daily paper in Hungary, the Pesti Hírlap (Pest News) from 1840 to 1844.In London he worked under contract for both British newspapers. But after some time neither Kossuth, nor the editors wanted to continue their association. The aim of this book is to give a portrait of Kossuth, the statesman and leader of the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence.The 19th century England became a home to refugees, Kossuth was one of them.In the 1850s he wrote many
articles.In these articles he criticised the shortcomings in the British policy. Kossuth''s articles resulted a big response. He felt the prejudice against the foreigners. The country did not usually discriminate between those who sought refugee. But Kossuth''s case was undoubtedly an unusual one. The Metropolitan Police kept him under surveillance from the time of the Crimean War, i.e. the mid-fifties. Based on a rich source material the book can be of interest to researchers engaged in history. The book publishes one hundred and ten articles, two maps and four illustrations.