ix, 403 pages :illustrations, map ;25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.'
"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"--Provided by publisher.
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