Bibliograph

The last palace, Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House, Norman L. Eisen

Type

Label

The last palace, Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House, Norman L. Eisen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last palace

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1048657406

Responsibility statement

Norman L. Eisen

Sub title

Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House

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"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of 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, ever, ever, ever" -- "Nothing crushes freedom like a tank" -- A revolutionary production -- On the good Battleship Lollipop -- "The past is never dead. It's not even past."

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