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The Golden Maze: A Biography of Prague

The Golden Maze: A Biography of Prague 1

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by Richard Fidler
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 02/09/2020
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Beloved ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague.

Thirty years after his experience of the Velvet Revolution, Fidler returns to Prague to uncover the glorious and grotesque history of Europe's most instagrammed and uncanny city, a city that has survived plagues, pogroms, Nazi terror and Soviet tanks. Founded in the ninth century, Prague gave the world the golem, the robot and the world's biggest statue of Stalin.

Fidler tells the story of the reclusive emperor who brought the world's most brilliant minds to Prague Castle to uncover the occult secrets of the universe. He explores the Black Palace, the wartime headquarters of the Nazi SS, and he meets victims of the communist secret police. Reaching back into Prague's mythic past, he finds the city's founder, the pagan priestess Libussa who prophesised: I see a city whose glory will touch the stars.

Following the story of Prague from its origins in medieval darkness to its uncertain present, Fidler does what he does so well – curates an absolutely engaging and compelling history of a place. You will learn things you never knew, with a tour guide who is erudite, inquisitive and the best storyteller you could have as your companion.

ISBN:
9780655686224
9780655686224
Category:
History
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
02-09-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bolinda Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
8
Dimensions (mm):
134x146x28mm
Weight:
0.2kg
Richard Fidler

Richard Fidler presents Conversations with Richard Fidler , an in-depth, up close and personal interview program broadcast across Australia on ABC Radio.

He's interviewed prime ministers, astronauts, writers and scientists, but the program often features remarkable people who are unknown to the wider world.

The program is the most popular podcast in Australia, with over a million downloaded programs every month.

In another life Richard was a member of Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony Allstars (DAAS), which played to audiences all over the world. 

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It has taken many hours to listen completely to "The Golden Maze". I will now go back and listen again to follow up on so many interesting details

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