Bohemian, playwright, and suddenly president at the end of 1989: Czech European Václav Havel played a decisive role in shaping the history of the continent in the second half of the 20th century. Andrea Sedláčková recounts Havel's almost novel-like life, drawing on a wealth of archival material. It is a story of dramatic highs and lows, and several defining moments in European history.

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An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother ...

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A portrait of Spanish comic book author Paco Plaza.

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A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

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