Decisive Moments in History
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Decisive Moments in History is a book by Austrian journalist and writer Stefan Zweig[1] It started off with only five miniatures in its first edition with grew to a collection of 14 with later editions. Its first English translation was published in 1940 as The Tide of Fortune: Twelve Historical Miniatures. The miniatures relate historical events that changed the world.
The Miniatures
- Die Weltminute von Waterloo (The World Minute of Waterloo)
- Die Marienbader Elegie (The Elegy of Marienbad)
- Die Entdeckung Eldorados (The Discovery of Eldorado)
- Heroischer Augenblick (Heroic Moment)
- Der Kampf um den Südpol (The Fight for the South Pole)
- Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit (Escape to Immortality)
- Die Eroberung von Byzanz (Conquest of Byzantium)
- Georg Friedrich Händels Auferstehung (Resurrection of Georg Friedrich Händel)
- Das Genie einer Nacht (The Genius of a [single] Night)
- Das erste Wort über den Ozean (The First Word Across the Ocean)
- Die Flucht zu Gott (The Flight to God)
- Der versiegelte Zug (The Sealed Train)
- Cicero (The Head on the Rostrum)
- Wilson versagt (Wilson's Failure)
Only the first five miniatures were included in the first edition of the book. The second (German) edition of 1940 added those listed above as numbers 6 through to 12. The last two were added to later German editions but were already part of the first English edition published under the title "The Tide of Fortune: Twelve Historical Miniatures".
Reception
The book was well-received upon its publication.
References
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Categories:
- Austrian writers
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