Vladimír Votýpka: Stories of Czech Nobility

In the footsteps of living and dead noblemen of the Czech lands. Vladimír Votýpka's book about the fates of members of Czech noble families was written during the years 1970-1993. The author gives a glimpse into the lives of people persecuted by both the Germans and the Communists, and describes the looting and destruction of their property. It tells the stories of the Lobkowicz families, Mensdorff-Pouilly, Dohalsky, The Schwarzenbergs, Schlick's, from Drum and Lititz, Wratislavs of Mitrovice, Czernin, Kinski, Strachwitz, of both the Gelenji and the Sternbergs. It reads: Jan Kanyza.