Stefan Zweig 
When Human Stars Shine 
Fourteen Portraits of Historical Figures

This book is Zweig”s representative biography. The first edition was published in 1927 and expanded to 14 articles from the original 5 articles.Zweig chose 14 "Starry Occasions" which are easy to be ignored but have profound significance in the history: Spanish Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean as a fugitive, which is a typical representative of the spirit of exploration in the Voyages era; Under the impetus of inexplicable passion, French ordinary soldier wrote the later world-famous La Marseillaise overnight. Field Retry, an American businessman from New York, has finally realized his great dream of laying telegraph cables under the Atlantic Ocean. Europe and North America can be quickly connected "at the speed of thinking" and are no longer limited by time and space. Zweig also dug out enough details about the famous figures and events that affected the historical process to skillfully show the fate of mankind: Napoleon fought against the whole of Europe, but due to the a minute hesitation of Marshal grouchy, Napoleon was defeated. English explorer Scott led his team to Antarctica in the harsh and cold weather and found that others had already got ahead. When Lenin crossed many obstacles to reach Finland Station, the whole world will face earth-shaking changes.Zweig used the hand of history to praise the passion of ordinary people, to pay tribute to the strong faith of great people in their struggle against fate, and to give due dignity to the losers who have fallen, because on human history, they are the stars that shine forever.