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Shooting Stars: Ten Historical Miniatures

By Stefan Zweig , Anthea Bell

Book information

Publisher
Pushkin Press
Year
2014
ISBN
1782270159, 9781782270157
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2481261 bytes)
Edition
De Luxe edition
Pages
256\0
Time added
2015-03-23 14:00:04

Description

Ten turning points in history, vividly sketched by the great Stefan Zweig, in a new translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell   One of the twentieth century's great humanists and a hugely popular fiction writer, Stefan Zweig's historical works bring the past to life in brilliant Technicolor. This collection contains ten typically breathless and erudite dramatizations of some of the most pivotal episodes in human history. From General Grouchy's failure to intervene at Waterloo, to the miraculous resurrection of George Frideric Handel, Zweig's selection is idiosyncratic, fascinating and as always hugely readable.

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