Discover how a rocky hill above a quiet river became one of the most dramatic and beautiful cities on Earth.

Prague has been a royal capital, an imperial seat, a battlefield, an occupied city and the stage for two revolutions. Over a thousand years, almost everything that can happen to a city has happened here, and its streets still remember all of it.

Told like a page-turner, every chapter opens on a vivid scene and closes on a cliffhanger, carrying you from the legend of the prophetess Libuše all the way to the Velvet Revolution and the city you can visit today.

What you will discover inside:

• Kings and Saints: The first Bohemian dukes, Good King Wenceslas and Charles IV's golden age of bridges, cathedrals and universities.
• Rebels and Defenestrations: Jan Hus, the Hussite wars and the famous windows that helped ignite a European war.
• Alchemists and Legends: Rudolf II's court of astronomers and magicians, the Jewish Town and the legend of the Golem.
• Music and Literature: Mozart's triumph with Don Giovanni and the strange, haunted city of Franz Kafka.
• Occupation and Freedom: The Nazi years, the assassination of Heydrich, the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution led by Václav Havel.

Whether you are planning a trip, have already walked across Charles Bridge, or simply love a great story, this journey will change the way you see the heart of Europe.