02052cam a22003491i 45000010008000000030009000080050017000170080041000340350019000750400051000940410013001450820017001581000047001752400026002222450127002482500019003752640050003943000029004443360026004733370028004993380027005275000020005545050745005745460061013196500045013806550017014257000048014427000037014909420012015279990017015399520146015565975050EG-ScBUE20230622135021.0741212s1941 enk f 001 0 eng d a(OCoLC)1109683 aDLCbengerdacNhUdOCoLCdTxKTdDLCdEG-ScBUE1 aenghger04a904222bZWE1 aZweig, Stefan,d1881-1942,eauthor.91087910aSelections.lEnglish.14aThe tide of fortune :btwelve historical miniaures /cby Stefan Zweig ; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul. aThird edition. 1aLondon :bCassell and Company Limited,c1941. aviii, 285 pages ;c22 cm 2rdacontentatextbtxt 2rdamediaaunmediatedbn 2rdacarrieravolumebnc aIncludes index.0 aThe 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. aText in English ; translated from the original Germany.  7aAdventure and adventurers.2BUEsh910878 vReading book1 aPaul, Eden,d1865-1944,etranslator.9108801 aPaul, Cedar,etranslator.910881 2ddccBB c13258d13258 00102ddc40708Donation-GaMAINbMAINc2NDd2010-02-02eDonationl1m5o904 ZWEp000019485r2025-07-15 00:00:00s2011-11-21w2010-02-02yBB