The tide of fortune
Subtitle: twelve historical miniatures
By: by Stefan Zweig ; translated by Eden and Cedar Paul.
Contributors: Paul, Eden, 1865-1944, tr.; Paul, Cedar, tr.
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: History
Table of contents: title: The head upon the rostrum: Cicero's death, December 7, 43 B.C.; title: The conquest of Byzantium, May 29, 1453; title: Flight into immortality: Nuñez de Balboa discovers the Pacific, September 25, 1513; title: The Lord gave the word: Handel's Messiah, August 21, 1741; title: The genius of one night: "The Mareillaise", April 25, 1815; title: The decisive hour at Waterloo: Grouchy obeys orders, June 18, 1815; title: The Marienbad elegy: Goethe's last love, September 5, 1823; title: El Dorado: The gold of California, January 12, 1848; title: First word across the Atlantic: Cyrus Field's cable, August 5, 1858; title: Quest of the South Pole; Scott reaches the Pole, January 16, 1912; title: The sealed train: Lenin leaves Zürich, April 9, 1917; title: Wilson's failure, March 15, 1919.