RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Šidáková Fialová, Alena T1 Imperial-royal Czech Prose 2021. Over the books by Pavla Horáková The Heart of Europe and Jaroslav Rudiš Winterberg's Last Journey JF Bohemica Olomucensia YR 2023 VO 14 IS 3 SP 158 OP 168 DO 10.5507/bo.2022.039 UL https://bohemica.upol.cz/artkey/boh-202203-0011.php AB The study compares two novels: Rudiš's Winterberg's Last Journey and Horáková's The Heart of Europe. Both novels have a similar theme, namely the history of the Habsburg Empire, and are set in two time periods, but the narrator's conception and narrative style is different each time, as is the artistic achievement and the reader's conception.