Adalbert Stifter: Vitek

After Soběslav's death, the brave knight Vitek becomes a loyal subject of King Vladislav I. and in his service he seeks to establish law and justice. Otakar Brousek reads from a historical novel by Adalbert Stifter, an Austrian writer of Czech origin. Listen to the story set at the beginning of the 12th century, when the Přemyslids were fighting for the princely throne.