Paperback, 256 pages
English language
Published May 20, 2007 by Ariadne Press.
Decisive moments in history
Twelve Historical Miniatures (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought Translation Series) Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought.
by Stefan Zweig
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Decisive Moments in History (German: Sternstunden der Menschheit, lit. 'Stellar Moments of Humankind') is a 1927 history book by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It started off with only five miniatures in its first edition and 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.
Subjects
- World history
- Literary collections
- Germanic Literature
- Literary Criticism
- Literature - Classics / Criticism
- German
- Germanic & Scandinavian languages
- History: World
- Fiction / Historical
- European - German
- History