by Stefan Zweig
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‘The Field of Waterloo’, ‘The Discovery of El Dorado’ and ‘The Race to Reach the South Pole’ published in German in Sternstunden der Menschheit, 1927.
‘Flight into Immortality’, ‘The Conquest of Byzantium’, ‘The Resurrection of George Frideric Handel’, ‘The Genius of a Night’, ‘The First Word to Cross the Ocean’ and ‘The Sealed Train’ first published in German in Sternstunden der Menschheit, 1940 edition.
‘Wilson’s Failure’ first published in English (translated by Eden and Cedar Paul) in 1940, in The Tide of Fortune: Twelve Historical Miniatures, and added to later German editions.
This translation first published by Pushkin Press in 2013
This ebook edition first published in 2013
ISBN 978 1782270 78 2
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