Decisive Moments in History
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Decisive Moments in History is a book by Austria
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Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most famous writers in the world.- Biography :...

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

  1. Die Weltminute von Waterloo (The World Minute of Waterloo)
  2. Die Marienbader Elegie (The Elegy of Marienbad)
  3. Die Entdeckung Eldorados (The Discovery of Eldorado)
  4. Heroischer Augenblick (Heroic Moment)
  5. Der Kampf um den Südpol (The Fight for the South Pole)
  6. Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit (Escape to Immortality)
  7. Die Eroberung von Byzanz (Conquest of Byzantium)
  8. Georg Friedrich Händels Auferstehung (Resurrection of Georg Friedrich Händel)
  9. Das Genie einer Nacht (The Genius of a [single] Night)
  10. Das erste Wort über den Ozean (The First Word Across the Ocean)
  11. Die Flucht zu Gott (The Flight to God)
  12. Der versiegelte Zug (The Sealed Train)
  13. Cicero (The Head on the Rostrum)
  14. 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".
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