The cycle of historical miniatures by the famous Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) "Star Moments of Mankind" tells about episodes of the past that will connect the fate of man with turning points in history. The reader learns about Tolstoy's last trip to Astapovo, Dostoevsky's pardon, and Lenin's return to Petrograd in 1917. Among the heroes of the cycle is also Sultan Mehmed the conqueror, who captured Constantinople and thereby put an end to the history of the Byzantine Empire. Roger de Lille, author of the famous Marseillaise marshal Grouchy, who was late to the battlefield of Waterloo and thereby determined the defeat of Napoleon... It was "Star Moments of Mankind" together with the novel "Amok" that brought the writer world fame.There are feelings and desires that never change . And Zweig, like no one else, knew how to describe them, first of all, passion - an uncontrolled, wild love, it doesn't matter whether it's for a man or a woman, for money or for a game, for adventure or power over others. His novels captivate with unusual plots, love on the edge of life and death, tension and drama.