The First Republic existed only briefly, but this period is charged with interesting and dramatic events. In a popular form, the author tells of all areas of life at that time, about problems after the First World War, the everyday life of people, but also of successful entrepreneurs, writers, athletes and film stars, politicians' scandals or women with which President Masaryk after the death of his wife. There are also interesting facts, such as the makeup of the cruel winter in 1929, overgrowth of the monk's Beka or how the tradition of Christmas trees of the Republic was created.