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An extraordinary account of the occupants of the Prague Villa Petschek, and their place against the history of Europe, written by the former US ambassador to the Czech Republic

Norman Eisen se v roli amerického velvyslance vrátil do země, z níž jeho matka uprchla před holokaustem. Když se nastěhoval do pražské velvyslanecké rezidence, ke svému překvapení objevil na stěnách pod nábytkem schované svastiky. Symboly nacistického…

When Norman Eisen moved into the US ambassador's residence in Prague, returning to the land his mother had fled after the Holocaust, he was startled to discover swastikas hidden beneath the furniture. From that discovery unspooled the captivating, twisting…

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 Norman Eisen moved into the US ambassador’s residence in Prague, returning…