Triumph and Disaster: Five Historical Miniatures

Stefan Zweig (Author)

Triumph and Disaster: Five Historical Miniatures
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
3 November 2016
Pages
160
ISBN
9781782272748

Triumph and Disaster: Five Historical Miniatures

Stefan Zweig (Author)

A singleYes, a singleNo, aToo Soonor aToo Latemakes that hour irrevocable for hundreds of generations while deciding the life of a single man or woman, of a nation, even the destiny of all humanity. Five vivid dramatizations of some of the most pivotal episodes in human history, from the Fall of Constantinople to Scott’s doomed attempt to reach the South Pole, bringing the past to life in brilliant technicolor. Contents: Foreword The Field of Waterloo
The Race to Reach the South Pole
The Conquest of Byzantium
The Sealed Train (Lenin’s journey across Europe before the Russian Revolution) Wilson’s Failure (Woodrow Wilson and Versailles)

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