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This startling biography explores the remarkable life of an iconic figure of the twentieth century, Vaclav Havel, author and dissident, who became the first president of the Czech Republic.

About the Author

Michael Zantovsk? is the current Czech Ambassador to the Court of St James. He was among the founding members of the movement that coordinated the overthrow of the communist regime. In January 1990 he became the spokesman, press secretary and advisor to his lifelong friend, President V.clav Havel. He has combined a career in politics and the foreign service with work as an author and translator into Czech of many contemporary British and American writers.