Great Moments of Humanity: 12 Events that shaped history
Aug 2022 · epubli
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In this book, Stefan Zweig traces 12 fateful events of world history in his unique artistic style: from the conquest of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople by the Turks, to the Battle of Waterloo to Sir Robert Falcon Scott's tragic South Pole expedition. The human character and sometimes simple fate are decisive historic factors that have led to dramatic and lasting changes in the past. Often short, coincidental and highly dramatic moments have the potential to change the future of mankind in a decisive manner – the so called Great Moments of Humanity. The original book has been published in 1927 in Germany under the title: "Sternstunden der Menschheit".
About the author
Stefan Zweig (28. November 1881 – 22. Februar 1942) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, Dramatiker, Journalist und Biograf. Auf dem Höhepunkt seiner literarischen Karriere, in den 1920er und 1930er Jahren, war er einer der meistübersetzten und beliebtesten Schriftsteller der Welt. Zweig wuchs in Wien, Österreich-Ungarn, auf. Er schrieb historische Studien über berühmte Literaten wie Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens und Fyodor Dostoevsky und über entscheidende historische Ereignisse in Sternstunden der Menschheit. Er verfasste unter anderem Biografien über Joseph Fouché (1929), Mary Stuart (1935) und Marie Antoinette.
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