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Eisen, Norman L., 1961-
Subjects
Schönbornský palác (Prague, Czech Republic) -- History.
Pražský hrad (Prague, Czech Republic) -- History.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- History -- 20th century.
Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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Eisen, Norman L., 1961-
Schönbornský palác (Prague, Czech Republic) -- History.
Pražský hrad (Prague, Czech Republic) -- History.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- History -- 20th century.
Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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The
last
palace
:
Europe
's
turbulent
century
in
five
lives
and
one
legendary
house
/ Norman Eisen.
by
Eisen, Norman L., 1961-
Crown, an imprint of Crown Publishing, 2018.
Call #:
943.71203 E361L
Subjects
Schönbornský palác (Prague, Czech Republic) -- History.
Pražský hrad (Prague, Czech Republic) -- History.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- History -- 20th
century
.
Europe
-- History -- 20th
century
.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
ISBN:
9780451495785 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
ix, 403 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-392) and index.
Contents:
The golden son of the Golden City -- The king of coal --
Palace
neverending -- The final child -- An artist of war -- The most dangerous man in the Reich -- Is Prague burning? -- "If you're going through hell, keep going" -- "He who is master of Bohemia is master of
Europe
" -- Lush life -- Small salvations -- "Never, never, never give in" -- Nothing crushes freedom like a tank -- A revolutionary production -- Truth prevails -- "The past is never dead. It'
s
not even past."
Summary:
"A sweeping yet intimate narrative about the
last
hundred years of
turbulent
European history, as seen through
one
of Mitteleuropa'
s
greatest houses--and the
lives
of its occupants"--From publisher.
When Eisen moved into the US ambassador's residence in Prague, he was startled to discover swastikas hidden beneath the furniture. As he unspooled the twisting, captivating tale of some of the remarkable people who had called this
palace
home, he began to chronicle the upheavals that transformed the continent over the past
century
. He introduces us to optimistic Jewish financial baron, Otto Petschek, who built the
palace
after World War I; Rudolf Toussaint, the cultured, compromised German general who occupied the
palace
during World War II; Laurence Steinhardt, the first postwar US ambassador; and Shirley Temple Black, an eyewitness to the crushing of the 1968 Prague Spring who returned as US ambassador in 1989. -- Adapted from jacket.
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