"Countess Zrinyi exploding powder-mine. In the 16th century the Turks conquered most of Hungary by force of numbers, but they could never wholly subdue its heroic inhabitants, and many a desperate deed of valor checked their advance. Among these was the act of the Countess Zrinyi, who, when her castle was at last captured, waited until the foe were in complete possession and then exploded the powder magazine, carrying three thousand of her foes with her to death. We see her at the moment she crouches ready, torch in hand, and the Turks, bursting in the door of the magazine, recoil in horror, r
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"Countess Zrinyi exploding powder-mine. In the 16th century the Turks conquered most of Hungary by force of numbers, but they could never wholly subdue its heroic inhabitants, and many a desperate deed of valor checked their advance. Among these was the act of the Countess Zrinyi, who, when her castle was at last captured, waited until the foe were in complete possession and then exploded the powder magazine, carrying three thousand of her foes with her to death. We see her at the moment she crouches ready, torch in hand, and the Turks, bursting in the door of the magazine, recoil in horror, recognizing their fate.”