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The last palace : Europe's turbulent century in five lives and one legendary house

Title
The last palace : Europe's turbulent century in five lives and one legendary house / Norman Eisen.
Author
Eisen, Norman L., 1961-
Publication
New York : Crown, an imprint of Crown Publishing, [2018]

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Description
ix, 403 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • 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."
Call Number
JFE 18-9538
ISBN
  • 9780451495785
  • 0451495780
LCCN
  • 2018014382
  • 40028527889
OCLC
1048657406
Author
Eisen, Norman L., 1961- author.
Title
The last palace : Europe's turbulent century in five lives and one legendary house / Norman Eisen.
Publisher
New York : Crown, an imprint of Crown Publishing, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-392) and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Standard Identifier
40028527889
Research Call Number
JFE 18-9538
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