Prague in Black and Gold
Subtitle: Scenes from the Life of a European City
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: March 18, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780809016099
Subjects: History: World; General; History; History - General History; Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia; Europe - Eastern; Travel / Europe / Eastern; Europe - Former Soviet Republics
First sentence: In February 1893, the Czech writer Alois Jirasek, patriot, industrious historian, and late ally of Walter Scott, was preparing a little book for young readers and, in a letter to a friend, expressed his hope that it would make its way without "big band and loud advertising."