The last palace : Europe's extraordinary century through five lives and one house in Prague
Eisen, Norman L., 1961-2019
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The Petschek Villa was Norman L. Eisen's home during his tenure as US ambassador. In this book, he details the lives of five of the palace's residents: the Jewish financial baron who built the Villa after WWI as a statement of his faith in Europe, and who died of a broken heart after Europe rejected him, his house, and his hopes; the complex German general who occupied the palace during WWII, ultimately saving the house and Prague itself from destruction; the American ambassador and Holocaust hero who protected the property after the war, acquiring it for the U.S. amid the turmoil of the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia; his successor 40 years later, an iconic former child star who used the house as her stage to help the Velvet Revolution succeed in restoring Czechoslovak democracy; and Eisen, the son of a Czech Auschwitz survivor, who found himself battling the lingering ghosts of European intolerance.
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Author:
Eisen, Norman L., 1961-, author
Imprint:
London : Headline, 2019.
Collation:
403 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472237309 (pbk)
Dewey class:
943.712030922943.712
LC class:
DB2629
Local class:
943.712
Language:
English
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BRN:
2523546