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Last Days in Old Europe: Trieste '79, Vienna '85, Prague '89
The final decade of the Cold War, through the eyes of a laconic and elegant observer 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,...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.