A review by sarahtokar
The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen

3.5

Learned a lot about Czechoslovakia's history, which I appreciated (first period as independent country; occupation by Nazis; post-war battle among pro-democracy, native communists, and pro-Soviet factions; Prague Spring; role of Shirley Temple Black; Velvet Revolution).   The author's style didn't really impress me, and the details kind of dragged at times.