Memoirs of a young Hungarian historian Balázs Ablonczyho is devoted to the analysis of personality and activities of the Hungarian scientists, politicians and the Transylvanian Count Pál Teleki (1879-1941). Pál Teleki (full name Pál Teleki János Ede), the scope of its activities has become one of the symbolic figures of the interwar Hungary.
With its pre-war, but especially the post-war activities in the field of domestic and foreign policy and diplomacy continuously followed the tradition of his family, or his political career followed his father Geza Teleki.