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“Tragic and fateful moments, when a decision spanning ages is compressed into a single calendar, a single hour, and often only a single minute, are very rare in the lives of individuals and in the course of history. I named such moments as Star Shining Moments in Human History; Because they, just like the stars, shed light on the darkness of the past, unchanged. With this book, I tried to remind you of some important moments from different times and different regions, the Moments When the Star Shines in Human History. While describing the historical events in the book, I did not change the facts in any way, nor did I color or enrich them with my contributions. Because history does not need hands reaching out to help it in such unique moments when it reaches perfection.”

Stefan Zweig looks at humankind's relationship with destiny from a completely different perspective by considering 14 separate historical events and 14 unique moments. He expresses in a very simple way how the events that we envisage as making history actually depend on instant decisions and delays, that whole empires will collapse with a momentary mistake, and that everything will eventually be equalized in the dusty pages called history.

Who is there among those who come across us on the threshold of these instant decisions and turning points: Mehmet the Conqueror, Napoleon, Goethe, Lenin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy... Conquests, discoveries, destructions, moments of great creativity...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Cover Design: Beste Dogan

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Printings: 2nd Edition

Size: 14x20

First Printing Year: 2014

Number of Pages: 304

Media Type: Paperback

Language Turkish