Generally agreed to be one of the most important contributors to Art Nouveau the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha was trained celebrated & lived most of his life in Paris. His unforgettably iconic images of Sarah Bernhardt & others embody the spirit of the fin de siecle. But underneath his successful career as an artist & poster designer lay a passionate Slav nationalist whose most important & long neglected works are still being painstakingly restored & exhibited in the Czech republic. This book is the first comprehensive overview of his life & work & is published in association with the Mucha Museum in Prague.