01635cam a22003011a 4500 20628 BD-RjUL 20211209000605.0 140301s1955 nyu 000 0 eng d (BD-RjUL)20690 (OCoLC)1109683 DLC NhU OCoLC TxKT DLC BD-RjUL eng eng ger 833.91 ZWT 1955 Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942. 63657 The tide of fortune : twelve historical miniatures / by Stefan Zweig ; translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Hallam Edition New York : Viking Press, 1955 viii, 285 p. ; 22 cm. The head upon the rostrum: Cicero's death, December 7, 43 B.C. -- The conquest of Byzantium, May 29, 1453 -- Flight into immortality: Nuñez de Balboa discovers the Pacific, September 25, 1513 -- The Lord gave the word: Handel's Messiah, August 21, 1741 -- The genius of one night: "The Mareillaise", April 25, 1815 -- The decisive hour at Waterloo: Grouchy obeys orders, June 18, 1815 -- The Marienbad elegy: Goethe's last love, September 5, 1823 -- El Dorado: The gold of California, January 12, 1848 -- First word across the Atlantic: Cyrus Field's cable, August 5, 1858 -- Quest of the South Pole; Scott reaches the Pole, January 16, 1912 -- The sealed train: Lenin leaves Zürich, April 9, 1917 -- Wilson's failure, March 15, 1919. History. 63658 Paul, Eden, 1865-1944, tr. 11070 Paul, Cedar, tr. 11071 ddc BK 20628 20628 0 0 ddc 0 2 FIC RUCL RUCL Reading 1955-06-10 Allies Book 5.50 0 833.91 ZWT 1955 2014-03-01 00:00:00 C-1 2014-03-01 BK