Shooting Stars: 10 Historical Miniatures

Stefan Zweig (Author)

Shooting Stars: 10 Historical Miniatures
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
28 January 2015
Pages
256
ISBN
9781782270508

Shooting Stars: 10 Historical Miniatures

Stefan Zweig (Author)

‘Such dramatically concentrated, such fateful hours, in which a timeless decision hangs on a single date, a single hour, even just a single minute, rarely occur in everyday life, and only rarely in the course of history.’

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, this, Stefan Zweig’s selection of historical turning points, newly translated by Anthea Bell, is idiosyncratic, fascinating and as always hugely readable.

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