Genius and Discovery: Five Historical Miniatures

Stefan Zweig (Author)

Genius and Discovery: Five Historical Miniatures
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
3 November 2016
Pages
160
ISBN
9781782272755

Genius and Discovery: Five Historical Miniatures

Stefan Zweig (Author)

Millions of people in a nation are necessary for a single genius to arise, millions of tedious hours must pass before a truly historic shooting star of humanity appears in the sky. Five vivid dramatizations of some of the most pivotal episodes in human history, from the Discovery of the Pacific to the composition of the Marseillaise, bringing the past to life in brilliant technicolor. Contents: Foreword Flight into Immortality (Discover of the Pacific by Pizarro) The Resurrection of George Frideric Handel
The Genius of a Night (The composition of the Marseillaise) The Discovery of El Dorado
The First Word to Cross the Ocean (Laying of the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable)

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