Gilded Lies - Robert Bordas
Robert Bordas writes historical fiction while taking inspiration from his family’s stories. His debut novel, The Hand We Are Dealt (2022), was based on his mother’s memoirs. Gilded Lies (2024), his second novel, the opening book of a trilogy is inspired by certain family members’ fate. Robert is interested in history, languages, self-identity, genealogy, and more. If not writing, he is reading on his Kindle, learning another language, traveling, enjoying outdoors or giving invaluable advice to his family.
GENRE: Historical Fiction
Blurb:
In 2022, Peter Bodnár’s DNA test reveals mysterious relatives. He dives into obsessive research to uncover his family’s history. In 1882, a fatal pub fight forces young farmhand Gyuri (George) Bodnár to flee his homeland, Upper Hungary. He navigates his way through the cordons of gendarmes, survives the boiler room of an Atlantic-crossing steamer and tricks US immigration to find a new homeland. A nineteenth century immigrant adventure about family, love and the unrelenting will to prosper.
