Triumph and Disaster

Triumph and Disaster
Authors
Zweig, Stefan
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Tags
history
Date
2016-11-03T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.68 MB
Lang
en
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A single Yes, a single No, a Too Soon or a Too Late makes 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)