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Genius and Discovery: Five Historical Miniatures
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One of two beautifully designed hardback gift editions of Stefan Zweig's breathlessly dramatic historical sketches, out in time for the holidays. 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.
Included in this collection:
"Flight into Immortality": Vasco Núñez de Balboa's quest to be the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
"The Resurrection of George Frederic Handel": Handel falls into depression until a poet sends him an inspirational work.
"The Genius of a Night": Captain Rouget writes La Marseillaise, the song which is to become the French national anthem.
"The Discovery of El Dorado": John Sutter founds New Helvetia in western America and attempts to keep it.
"The First Word to Cross the Ocean": Cyrus W. Field resolves to lay the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.
Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was an Austrian writer of Jewish descent. A distinguished Austrian writer and one of the most prominent writers in Europe at the beginning of the last century, he was famous for his extensive studies dealing with the lives of famous writers such as: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Balzac and Roman Rolland. Tightness in the lives of these notorious celebrities. Stefan Zweig has written many plays, novels and articles. His autobiographical work "Yesterday's World" was published to him after his suicide. He obtained British citizenship after the Nazis took power in Germany. He has lived on the move in South America since 1940. Among his well-known novels are: 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, and Beware of Pity, Builders of the World. Stefan decided to get rid of life while witnessing the collapse of world peace and the scourge of World War II. I did it without fear and did not forget to thank the government of Brazil, where he committed suicide for the hospitality and care, knowing that the late had obtained British citizenship shortly before his suicide. A farewell letter, including a letter to his first wife, after which Stefan Zweig and his second wife entered the bedroom and in one moment swallowed dozens of sleeping pills and embraced tenderly and hugged. The next day, the servants of the house broke into the bedroom because they were late in waking up to find the writer and his wife had died. In an eternal embrace and without making a fuss, the writer did not forget to give his pampered dog a large dose of hypnotics, so he slept in turn in front of the bedroom door.
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