Description
The Promised Land represents a comprehensive collection of mystifications focused on the history of the Czechs and their statehood, starting with the arrival of the Czech tribe in the basin known as Bohemia and ending with the fiery present. It includes well-known and never-considered 'what ifs...' related to the murder of Prince Boleslav, the Battle of Lipany, King George of Poděbrady, the Battle on White Mountain, the capture of Vienna by the Turks, and Emperors Maximilian and Franz Joseph I. All richly supplemented with maps and technical appendices. Drnka's mystifications are not just a game with history and a distraction. The author does not deceive for cheap entertainment. He redirects the spotlight and illuminates the scene of our real history from unusual angles, allowing the reader to glimpse what has remained hidden in the shadowy corners even from professional historians, for as he himself says: History is always a reconstruction. History is an interpretation of connections. And above all – history is not about the past.
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Author: Drnek Jan
Publication date: May 1, 2011
Manufacturer: NAŠE VOJSKO - knižní distribuce s.r.o.
Genres: World history, Non-fiction literature, Non-fiction literature, Books, History and facts
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 448
ISBN/EAN: 9788020612106