The Jail. Experiences in 1916 [Translated from the Czech]
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- The Jail. Experiences in 1916 [Translated from the Czech]
- Publication year listed
- 1920
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The Jail. Experiences in 1916 [Translated from the Czech]
Author: J S Machar (Josef Svatopluk); P Selver (Paul) (Translator)
Year: 1920
Digitised by Google books from the collection at Indiana University https://books.google.com/books?id=6oMyAQAAMAAJ A publisher ‘s description for a later reprint edition says “This book is a first-hand experience of imprisonment from a Czech poet and essayist, Josef Svatopluk Machar. He was imprisoned in 1916 for his involvement with the Maffie, which was a central part of the First Czechoslovak Resistance, which was dedicated to winning Czech independence from the Austrian empire”. Cyril Falls, page 215 War Books: a Critical Guide says “It has, however, some interest as a picture of internal conditions in Austria during the War, and of Austria’s treatment of her Czech subjects. The writer was Czech, but not a rebel, and according to his own account fell under unjust suspicion. His story is that of his imprisonment for a few weeks in 1916….It is a record of military pomposity and stupidity rather than of deliberate injustice.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Svatopluk_Machar Josef Svatopluk Machar (Wikipedia)