Prague - Cynthia Paces

One of Europe’s most visited centers is illuminated in Cynthia Paces’s erudite history book Prague.Prague, Franz Kafka’s birthplace, has been called “the mistress of all Bohemia.” Here, this riverside site of political revolutions is unpacked in vivid detail, with information spanning from the ninth century through to the early twenty-first century. The book draws on archaeological evidence and the stories of saints, showing how the city became part of the Holy Roman Empire and how its medieval kings,... Zobrazit více