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041 1 _aeng
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082 0 4 _a904
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_bZWE
100 1 _aZweig, Stefan,
_d1881-1942,
_eauthor.
_910879
240 1 0 _aSelections.
_lEnglish.
245 1 4 _aThe tide of fortune :
_btwelve historical miniaures /
_cby Stefan Zweig ; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul.
250 _aThird edition.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bCassell and Company Limited,
_c1941.
300 _aviii, 285 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
546 _aText in English ; translated from the original Germany.
650 7 _aAdventure and adventurers.
_2BUEsh
_910878
655 _vReading book
700 1 _aPaul, Eden,
_d1865-1944,
_etranslator.
_910880
700 1 _aPaul, Cedar,
_etranslator.
_910881
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