Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
Madeleine Albright
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Description for Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
Paperback. Moving from the thousand-year-old Prague Castle to the bomb shelters of London, from the desolate prison ghetto of Terezin to the war councils of Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and Hitler, the author reflects on her discovery of her family's Jewish heritage decades after the war, and her Czech homeland's tangled history. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16-Page Color Insert. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
By turns harrowing and inspiring, "Prague Winter" is Madeleine Albright's account of her early life from 1937 to 1948, a dozen years that witnessed the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, World War II, the Holocaust, the defeat of fascism, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Her experiences, and those of her family, provide a unique lens through which to view this tumultuous period in modern history. Moving from the thousand-year-old Prague Castle to the bomb shelters of London, from the desolate prison ghetto of Terezin to the war councils of Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and ... Read more
By turns harrowing and inspiring, "Prague Winter" is Madeleine Albright's account of her early life from 1937 to 1948, a dozen years that witnessed the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, World War II, the Holocaust, the defeat of fascism, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Her experiences, and those of her family, provide a unique lens through which to view this tumultuous period in modern history. Moving from the thousand-year-old Prague Castle to the bomb shelters of London, from the desolate prison ghetto of Terezin to the war councils of Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062030344
SKU
V9780062030344
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Ref
99-40
About Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright served as America's sixty-fourth Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career also includes positions on Capitol Hill, the National Security Council, and as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She is a resident of Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
Reviews for Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
"A gripping account of World War II... In taut prose, Albright weaves a powerful narrative that wraps her family's story into the larger political drama unfolding in Europe."
The Philadelphia Inquirer "Albright has supplemented a deeply researched history of World War II-era Czechoslovakia with a moving family narrative."
The Daily "Prague Winter is not only a family story-a ... Read more
The Philadelphia Inquirer "Albright has supplemented a deeply researched history of World War II-era Czechoslovakia with a moving family narrative."
The Daily "Prague Winter is not only a family story-a ... Read more