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‘Prague Winter’ by Madeleine Albright, with Bill Woodward

Little Madlenka, age 6, wanted to be a priest when she grew up—which “for a young Catholic girl was certainly a sign of ambition,” notes Madeleine Albright wrily in her engaging new book, “Prague Winter”, which focuses on the history of her native Czechoslovakia during and after the Second World War.

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