Po diskusii, že jej grandmother had pre-German sympathies, Ann Shukman resolved to investigate hier grandfather Walter Runciman 1938 Mission to Prague. Tento government-sponsored britskej delegácie je na broker mieru medzi Czechoslovak republiky a jeho sudeten nemecký minority-a dispute, že Hitler bol aggravating with virulent anti-Slovak propaganda a threats of invasion. Drawing fresh evidence from personal diaries, private papers and Czech publications, 44 Days in Prague exponujú misunderstandings a official ignorancie, ktoré provokovali a calamitous série betrayals. It reveals to, while Walter Runciman always supported Czechoslovakia's integrity, jeho wife Hilda-whose role became crucial-publicly prevzal German cause. Je to pohybujúce sa portréal Walter's declining influence a tensions ťahané, z páru efforts to court a divided staré aristocracy v glittering social occasions, do Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's fatal podstúpiť z Mission, in hit a Shukman's vivid narrative kombinácie personal insight with meticulous research to shine new light on this pivotal yet tragic episode of European history.