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092 _a943.712
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aEisen, Norman L.,
_d1961-
_eauthor.
_9368348
245 1 4 _aThe last palace :
_bEurope's turbulent century in five lives and one legendary house /
_cNorman Eisen.
250 _aFirst edition.
263 _a1809
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCrown,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _aix, 403 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _aWhen 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
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 361-392) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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."
610 2 0 _aSchö̈nbornský palác (Prague, Czech Republic)
_xHistory.
_9368349
610 2 0 _aPražský hrad (Prague, Czech Republic)
_xHistory.
_9368350
651 0 _aPrague (Czech Republic)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9205701
651 0 _aEurope
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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651 0 _aPrague (Czech Republic)
_xBuildings, structures, etc.
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