Biografías

Of Stefan Zweig's extensive work, celebrated by generations of readers around the world, his biographies are perhaps the best attesting to the writer's prowess in portraiture, his psychological acuity, and deep understanding of the human soul. This volume brings them all together, both those dedicated to famous people in history -Erasmus of Rotterdam, Ferdinand Magellan, María Estuardo, María Antonieta, Joseph Fouché, Honoré de Balzac and Marceline Desbordes-Valmore-, as well as those that portray some outstanding contemporaries and friends of the author, such as Émile Verhaeren and Romain Rolland. The collection of these works offers the reader five centuries of history in the West through some of its conspicuous protagonists, as well as an incomparable key to understanding the unique perspective of one of the most astute and sensitive observers of the 20th century.