Prague Stories

Table Of Contents

Preface by Richard Bassett

J. G. Kohl, “A Visit to Prague in 1841”
R. W. Seton-Watson, “Appeasement: ‘Peace with Honour’”
Prince Alfons Clary-Aldringen, “Student Life in Belle-Époque Prague”
Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker, “From a Terrace in Prague”
C. J. C. Street, “Atmospherics in the Old Town”
Franz Kafka, “The Conscription of Troops”
Gustav Meyrink, from The Golem
E. I. Robson, “John Hus”
Robert Young, “The Imminent German Occupation of Prague”
Franz Kafka, “Description of a Struggle”
Nicholas Rothwell, “One Velvet Evening”
Ivan Klimá, “The Spirit of Prague”
Tom Stoppard, from Rock ’n’ Roll
Madeleine Albright, from Prague Winter
Anne Edwards, “Shirley Temple Witnesses the Warsaw Pact Invasion from the Hotel Alcron”
Sylva Fischerová, “The Stones Speak Czech”
Bruce Chatwin, from Utz
František Langer, “The Sword of St Wenceslas”
Jiří Weil, from Mendelssohn is on the Roof
Ivan Diviš, “Invasion Day”
Michael Farr, “A Long-Awaited Family Reunion in Prague”
Daniela Hodrová, “Prague, I see a city…”
Madeleine Albright, “Revisits Prague and Holocaust Memories”