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Prague Winter

A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948

by Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
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"Madeleine Albright has written a remarkable story of adventure and passion, tragedy and courage, set against the backdrop of occupied Czechoslovakia and World War II. In so doing, she provides fresh insights into the events that shaped her career and challenges us to think deeply about the moral dilemmas that arise in our own lives."--Václav Havel

Before Madeleine Albright turned twelve, her life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia--the country where she was born--the Battle of Britain, the near total destruction of European Jewry, the Allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War.

Albright's experiences, and those of her family, provide a lens through which to view the most tumultuous dozen years in modern history. Drawing on her memory, her parents' written reflections, interviews with contemporaries, and newly available documents, Albright recounts a tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring. Prague Winter is an exploration of the past with timeless dilemmas in mind and, simultaneously, a journey with universal lessons that is intensely personal.

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  • Release date

    April 24, 2012

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780449012062
      • File size: 443117 KB
      • Duration: 15:23:09

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      All too often, the personal discoveries of real people are more telling and more compelling than those of fiction. Such is the case with this captivating memoir by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Focusing on her youth during WWII, the book begins with her discovery in later life that her heritage is quite different from what she had believed. From there, Albright takes the listener on a journey through the events that led her to a career in diplomacy. Albright delivers the book with warmth, in a style that welcomes the listener into her life. While her voice, at times, can be raspy, her performance overcomes this minor limitation and allows the listener to experience world events through her eyes, including WWII and the Cold War. D.J.S. (c) AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from February 27, 2012
      The author’s childhood reminiscences of her first 11 years and savvy grasp of history inform this absorbing account of Czechoslovakia’s travails and Albright’s family’s suffering in the Holocaust. The daughter of a diplomat in the Czech government who migrated from Prague to wartime exile in London and back to postwar Prague, former secretary of state Albright (Madam Secretary) sketches lively recollections of weathering the Blitz and other adventures, but her narrative mainly investigates things hidden from her as a child. Raised a Catholic, Albright famously learned of her Jewish ancestry in middle age. She pens a moving portrait of life in the “model” ghetto at Terezín, near Prague, through which her relatives passed on their way to death camps. Centering the book is a searching diplomatic history of Czechoslovakia’s interwar democracy, which was abandoned to Hitler by the West and then snuffed out by Soviet-backed Communists. The story is enriched by Albright’s colorful thumbnails of Eduard Benes, Jan Masaryk, and other principals and by her insights into geopolitics, which yield sympathetic but clear-eyed assessments of the compromises statesmen made to accommodate the ruthless powers surrounding Czechoslovakia. Showing us villainy, heroism, and agonizing moral dilemmas, Albright’s vivid storytelling and measured analysis brings this tragic era to life. Photos. One-day laydown. Represented by Bob Barnett.

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