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''Decisive Moments in History'' ((ドイツ語:Sternstunden der Menschheit)) is a 1927 history book by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.〔"Stefan Zweig." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 21 Nov. 2010 == Contents == # ''Die Weltminute von Waterloo'' (The World Minute of Waterloo) Napoleon's defeat at the battle of Waterloo. # ''Die Marienbader Elegie'' (The Ellegy of Marienbad). Johann Wolfgang Goethe writes the Marienbad Elegy. # ''Die Entdeckung Eldorados'' (The Discovery of Eldorado). An employee of John Sutter discovers gold in Nueva Helvecia, starting the California Gold Rush. # ''Heroischer Augenblick'' (Heroic Moment). The execution of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. # ''Der Kampf um den Südpol'' (The Fight for the South Pole). Robert Scott and his expedition reach the South Pole to find that Roald Amundsen's team arrived first. # ''Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit'' (Escape to Immortality). Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean. # ''Die Eroberung von Byzanz'' (Conquest of Byzantium). Constantinople, the last remain of the Byzantine empire falls to the Ottomans. # ''Georg Friedrich Händels Auferstehung'' (Resurrection of Georg Friedrich Händel). Georg Friedrich Händel recovers and writes ''The Messiah''. # ''Das Genie einer Nacht'' (The Genius of a () Night). Rouget de Lisle writes ''La Marsellaise''. # ''Das erste Wort über den Ozean'' (The First Word Across the Ocean). Cyrus W. Field establishes the first trans-Oceanic cable. # ''Die Flucht zu Gott'' (The Flight to God). An additional act to Lev Tolstoy's ''The Light Shines in the Darkness''. # ''Der versiegelte Zug'' (The Sealed Train). Vladimir Ilich Lenin boards a train commissioned by the Central Powers to start the Russian Revolution. # ''Cicero'' (The Head on the Rostrum) # ''Wilson versagt'' (Wilson's Failure) Only the first five miniatures were included in the first edition of the book. The second (German) edition of 1940 added those listed above as numbers 6 through to 12. The last two were added to later German editions but were already part of the first English edition published under the title "The Tide of Fortune: Twelve Historical Miniatures". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Decisive Moments in History」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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