Václav Havel: The Authorized Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0312103174
- ISBN-13
- 9780312103170
- Series
- Václav Havel
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 297
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Pharos Books
- Author
- Eda Kriseová
Description
Profiles the Czechoslovak president who led the dissident movement to success over Communist control
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- 2004-08-19
- 192 pages
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- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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