I gratefully acknowledge the generosity of those who furnished the photographs included in this book, and described below:
Following the contents page: the centre of attention, by Vladimir Weiss
Beginnings: during his first year, from the family archives
Folly: at the family gravesite, Košíře Cemetery, Prague, 1940, from the family archives.
Republicans: the Havel family strolling at Havlov, from the family archives
Devil’s Playground: the javelin thrower, at Havlov, from the family archives
Zoology: ‘My home, my castle!’, at Havlov, from the family archives
Resistance: Miloš Havel, from the family archives
Red Stars: With a Lenin hat, from the family archives
Flying Splinters: Božena Havlová, in the swimming pool at Havlov, from the family archives
Thirty-Sixers: with the poet Jiří Paukert, from the family archives
The Public Poet: with a cup of coffee, from the family archives
To Barracks: in uniform, as First Lieutenant Škrovánek, in the staged performance of Pavel Kohout’s September Nights, 1957-8, from the family archives
Socialist Realism: with Olga Šplíchalová, from the family archives
Garden Party: dressed for a performance at Hrádeček, 1976, by Bohdan Holomíček
The Crisis: at the Divadlo Na zábradlí, from the family archives
The Memorandum: with Arthur Miller, 1963, by Inge Morath
Summer Friendship: tie-dyed in a field of flowers, by Bohdan Holomíček
Mid-summer’s Night: in London in 1968, by the Guardian
A Politician of Retreat: profile, in shades, from the family archives
Normalization: carrying a ladder in the orchard at Hrádeček, by Bohdan Holomíček
Late-Socialism: reading a book on the art of brewing, by Bohdan Holomíček
Beggars’ Opera: the première of Žebrácká opera, 1975, by Bohdan Holomíček
Violence: reading, gramophone behind, from the family archives
Courage: as Caesar, about to die at Brutus’s hand, from the family archives
The Powerless: gun-toting gangster, from Jitka Vodňanská and Alexander Dobrovodský
The Victim: clutching a bag of apples, after returning from prison, from my collection
Prison: dressed in black, smoking, from the family archives
Largo Desolato: ‘All you need is love’: with Olga at Hrádeček, by Tomki Němec
Cliff-Hanging: with whisky bottle, during an interview with Erica Blair, November 1986, by Gerald Turner
Revolution: at a Civic Forum meeting, by Jaroslav Krejčí
Machiavelli: facing Alexander Dubček, Ruzyně Airport, 1990, by Tomki Němec
A Crowned Republic: with tailors, Prague Castle, 1990, by Tomki Němec
Te Deum Laudamus: Olga and Václav on their knees in St Vitus’s Cathedral, by Petr Zhoř
Fun and Games: with the Rolling Stones, Prague, 18 August 1990, by Tomki Němec
The Manipulator: watching himself on the BBC, Lány, 1990, by Tomki Němec
Defections: reversing his BMW at Lány, by Tomki Němec
Lustration: in shades, guard in background, by Martin Hykl
Market Power: with Václav Klaus and Prince Karel Schwarzenberg, by Tomki Němec
Oh Europe!: with Umberto Eco and Olga, on Capri, by Tomki Němec
Metamorphosis: with Dáša Havlová, by Tomki Němec
Death: on the beach at Cabo da Roca, in Portugal, 14 December 1990, by Tomki Němec