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Last Days in Old Europe: Trieste '79, Vienna '85, Prague '89
In 1979 Richard Bassett set out on a series of adventures and encounters in central Europe which allowed him to savour the last embers of the cosmopolitan old Hapsburg lands and gave him a ringside seat at the fall of another ancien regime, that of communist rule. From Trieste to Prague and Vienna to Warsaw, fading aristocrats, charming gangsters, fractious diplomats and glamorous informants...You can only write a review for items purchased in our store. Please make sure you are logged in to the account you used to purchase the item.