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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Eisen, Norman L., 1961-       by title:      The last palace : Eu...       by call number:      943.71203 E361L     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 943.71203 E361L Adult books Checked out Jul 12, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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