1. It was a great pleasure to meet the team of authors and please thank Susan Parks for giving up so much of her time to devote to going through the manuscripts. BNC
2. Written by a team of authors including Charles, Fürst von Schwarzenberg, one of President Havel's closest advisers since 1990, this book is a thorough pictorial survey of the castle which is not just a palace but a complex containing the Library, the basilica of St George, the cathedral of St Guy, the chapel of St Wenceslas and the National Gallery of Prague. BNC
3. Macdonell's description of a village cricket match against a team of authors, most of them recognizable characters in Squire's own team, 'The Invalids', became required reading. BNC