The last palace Europe's turbulent century in five lives and one legendary house
"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"--
| Main Author: | Eisen, Norman L., 1961- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Crown,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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"-- 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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| Physical Description: |
ix, 403 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-392) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780451495785 0451495780 |
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