The invisible man

One of Gárdonyi's most popular historical novels, it brings to life a colorful, ancient world: the exciting, fateful chapter of the Age of Migration, the overwhelming reign of Attila - the Hun king - and his sudden death. The book is about a young Greek man, Zeta, who arrives with his master, the rhetorician Priscus, in the king's city on the Tisza River to discuss the situation of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Hun Empire. However, Zeta catches sight of a Hun girl, Emőke, for whom he falls in unquenchable love... From her he learns that only the face of people can be known, their true essence is hidden, invisible. Zeta, hoping for fame, rank, and wealth, even sets off for the Battle of Catalaunum, in order to be worthy of the daughter of the Hun lord. But for Emőke, only one star shines: Attila - whom she voluntarily follows to the grave when he dies. Gárdonyi wrote his novel based on authentic historical sources and with extensive historical knowledge.