Great Stories in Czech History

In the history of every nation there are certain famous people and events that represent the memory of that nation. In this book, leading Czech historian and outstanding storyteller Petr Čornej recounts fifteen such stories.

Here you can find out how Prague was born, how Prince Wenceslas, patron saint of the Czech lands, was murdered, how the doughty King Přemysl Otakar II came close to dominating Europe... You can read about Rudolf II, the lover of science and art, and the rise and fall of generalissimo Albrecht of Valdštejn. Moving much closer to the present you can find out about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich during the Second World War, the suppression of the Prague Spring by Soviet armies in 1968, and the Velvet Revolution of November 1989, head by Václav Havel.