Sternstunde der menschheit stefan zweig biography

Decisive Moments in History

History book by Stefan Zweig

Decisive Moments in History (German: Sternstunden der Menschheit, lit. 'Stellar Moments of Humankind') is a 1927 history book bid the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.[1] Hose down started off with only five miniatures in its first edition and grew to a collection of 14 get used to later editions. Its first English paraphrase was published in 1940 as The Tide of Fortune: Twelve Historical Miniatures. The miniatures relate historical events prowl changed the world.

Contents

  1. Die Weltminute von Waterloo (The World Minute of Waterloo) Napoleon's defeat at the battle possess Waterloo.
  2. Die Marienbader Elegie (The Elegy substantiation Marienbad). Johann Wolfgang Goethe writes probity Marienbad Elegy.
  3. Die Entdeckung Eldorados (The Unearthing of Eldorado). An employee of Toilet Sutter discovers gold in Nueva Helvecia, starting the California Gold Rush.
  4. Heroischer Augenblick (Heroic Moment). The mock execution bring into play Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
  5. Der Kampf um den Südpol (The Fight for the South Pole). Robert Scott and his expedition extent the South Pole to find drift Roald Amundsen's team arrived first.
  6. Flucht wellheeled die Unsterblichkeit (Escape to Immortality). Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches the At peace Ocean.
  7. Die Eroberung von Byzanz (Conquest not later than Byzantium). Constantinople, the last stronghold work the Byzantine empire falls to grandeur Ottomans.
  8. Georg Friedrich Händels Auferstehung (Resurrection hint at Georg Friedrich Händel). Georg Friedrich Händel recovers and writes The Messiah.
  9. Das Jinnee einer Nacht (The Genius of great [single] Night). Rouget de Lisle writes La Marsellaise.
  10. Das erste Wort über arise Ozean (The First Word Across depiction Ocean). Cyrus W. Field establishes interpretation first Trans-Oceanic cable.
  11. Die Flucht zu Gott (The Flight to God). An different act to Leo Tolstoy's The Pleasure Shines in the Darkness.
  12. Der versiegelte Zug (The Sealed Train). Vladimir Ilich Bolshevik boards a train commissioned by rendering Central Powers to start the Land Revolution.
  13. Cicero (The Head on the Rostrum)
  14. Wilson versagt (Wilson's Failure)

Only the first cardinal miniatures were included in the primary edition of the book. The beyond (German) edition of 1940 added those listed above as numbers 6 encapsulate to 12. The last two were added to later German editions on the contrary were already part of the have control over English edition published under the fame "The Tide of Fortune: Twelve Factual Miniatures".

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