Dreams die with kings

A historical novel set in the first half of the 14th century, in the troubled times of the Bohemian Kingdom after the murder of Wenceslas III. Henry of Carinthia, the husband of the Přemyslid princess Anna, has taken the vacant throne, but the disgruntled Czech lords are already thinking of a change. At play is the marriage of Anna's younger sister Eliška to John of Luxembourg, son of the Roman king. John becomes the Czech monarch, and when he meets Wenceslas' supposed murderer, Conrad of Botenstein, at his fortress in Mulhova, Germany, he begins to investigate who murdered the last Premyslid and what his reasons were. Unwittingly, he is unleashing power intrigues and a dramatic struggle over the future shape of the Czech state... Jaromír Jindra was born on 29 October 1949 in České Budějovice. After graduating from high school, he became editor of a regional daily newspaper and later deputy editor-in-chief of the (now defunct) weekly Nový život. In the years when he was actively working as a journalist, his work was devoted to professional publications in the field of philumeny, where he wrote and published almost two hundred titles, mostly on the history of Czech matchmaking. He returned to beautiful literature only at the end of the 20th century. Recently, he has published historical novels from Czech history Conspirators of Love, War of the Queens, Poison for the Queen, The Fight of the Blind King, Charles IV. and the crown of the Roman kings, Charles IV. - Shadows of the Past, Charles IV. - Revolt of the Dukes, Captive of the Fates - Edward Kelley's Daughter, Captive of the Fates - Horoscope for Wallenstein. Radek Valenta is a Czech actor, known from many theatre scenes, including. Mladá Boleslav Municipal Theatre, The theatre in the Butcher's shop, Viola Theatre, Lyra Pragensis Theatre, Spiral Theatre, Chamber drama, Ungelt Theatre or Prague's Theatre pod Palmovkou, where he's currently engaged. Film viewers know him primarily as Henry from The Princess of the Mill, and his most recent television roles include The Case for the Skier, the series Boheme and the series Slunečná. He also does dubbing and composes music for theatre performances and his own songs. Jaromir Jindra: Dreams Die with Kings | Read by Radek Valenta | Directed by Jan Drbohlav | Sound, editing and mastering by Rostislav Koňařík | Music by Štěpán Škoch | Recorded in Mixing Studio. Today | CD graphics adapted from the book cover by Michal Holík | Production by Petra Kinclová | Supervision by Alena Brožová | Published by Euromedia Group, a. does - Témbr in November 2023. Sny umírají s králi © Jaromír Jindra, 2018 | Copyright © Nakladatelství Brána, 2018 | All rights reserved | Published by Euromedia Group, a. p., in the 2018 edition of The Gateway.