01941cam a22003491i 4500 5975050 EG-ScBUE 20230622135021.0 741212s1941 enk f 001 0 eng d (OCoLC)1109683 DLC eng rda NhU OCoLC TxKT DLC EG-ScBUE eng ger 904 22 ZWE Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942, author. 10879 Selections. English. The tide of fortune : twelve historical miniaures / by Stefan Zweig ; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul. Third edition. London : Cassell and Company Limited, 1941. viii, 285 pages ; 22 cm rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Includes index. The head upon the rostrum: Cicero's death, December 7, 43 B.C. -- The conquest of Byzantium, May 29, 1453 -- Flight into immortality: Nu�nez de Balboa discovers the Pacific, September 25, 1513 -- The Lord gave the word: Handel's Messiah, August 21, 1741 -- The genius of one night: "The Mareillaise", April 25, 1815 -- The decisive hour at Waterloo: Grouchy obeys orders, June 18, 1815 -- The Marienbad elegy: Goethe's last love, September 5, 1823 -- El Dorado: The gold of California, January 12, 1848 -- First word across the Atlantic: Cyrus Field's cable, August 5, 1858 -- Quest of the South Pole; Scott reaches the Pole, January 16, 1912 -- The sealed train: Lenin leaves Z�urich, April 9, 1917 -- Wilson's failure, March 15, 1919. Text in English ; translated from the original Germany. Adventure and adventurers. BUEsh 10878 Reading book Paul, Eden, 1865-1944, translator. 10880 Paul, Cedar, translator. 10881 ddc BB 13258 13258 0 0 ddc 0 0 Donation-G MAIN MAIN 2ND 2010-02-02 Donation 1 5 904 ZWE 000019485 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2011-11-21 2010-02-02 BB