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The tide of fortune : twelve historical miniaures / by Stefan Zweig ; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: London : Cassell and Company Limited, 1941Edition: Third editionDescription: viii, 285 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Uniform titles:
  • Selections. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 904 22 ZWE
Contents:
The head upon the rostrum: Cicero's death, December 7, 43 B.C. -- The conquest of Byzantium, May 29, 1453 -- Flight into immortality: Nu�nez de Balboa discovers the Pacific, September 25, 1513 -- The Lord gave the word: Handel's Messiah, August 21, 1741 -- The genius of one night: "The Mareillaise", April 25, 1815 -- The decisive hour at Waterloo: Grouchy obeys orders, June 18, 1815 -- The Marienbad elegy: Goethe's last love, September 5, 1823 -- El Dorado: The gold of California, January 12, 1848 -- First word across the Atlantic: Cyrus Field's cable, August 5, 1858 -- Quest of the South Pole; Scott reaches the Pole, January 16, 1912 -- The sealed train: Lenin leaves Z�urich, April 9, 1917 -- Wilson's failure, March 15, 1919.
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Includes index.

The head upon the rostrum: Cicero's death, December 7, 43 B.C. -- The conquest of Byzantium, May 29, 1453 -- Flight into immortality: Nu�nez de Balboa discovers the Pacific, September 25, 1513 -- The Lord gave the word: Handel's Messiah, August 21, 1741 -- The genius of one night: "The Mareillaise", April 25, 1815 -- The decisive hour at Waterloo: Grouchy obeys orders, June 18, 1815 -- The Marienbad elegy: Goethe's last love, September 5, 1823 -- El Dorado: The gold of California, January 12, 1848 -- First word across the Atlantic: Cyrus Field's cable, August 5, 1858 -- Quest of the South Pole; Scott reaches the Pole, January 16, 1912 -- The sealed train: Lenin leaves Z�urich, April 9, 1917 -- Wilson's failure, March 15, 1919.

Text in English ; translated from the original Germany.

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