The Definitive Biography of the Leader of the Velvet Revolution who Overthrew Communism, and Created a Dematic Czechoslovakia​

This is the story of a man who tried to resurrect the spirit of dematic life. He was born into a time of chaos and absurdity, and he took it as his fate to carry a candle into the night. This is his story and the story many others, the writers, artists, actors, and philosophers who took it upon themselves to remember a tradition that had failed so miserably it had almost been forgotten.

Václav Havel (1936-2011), the famous Czech dissident, intellectual, and playwright, was there when a half million people came to Wenceslas Square to demand an end to Communism in 1989. Many came to hear him call for a free Czechoslovakia, for dematic elections, and a return to Europe. The demonstrators roared when he spoke. "Havel to the castle," they chanted- meaning Havel for president. And a few weeks later, Havel...