The back cover is a facsimile of the cover "In Praise of Folly" from 1521 - the original is kept in the Zagreb University Library.
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The book is about the life of the Portuguese rider and navigator Ferdinand Magellan, who led the Spanish expedition from 1519 to 1521.
Stefan Zweig's book "Magellan", published in 1938, is a biographical novel that follows the life and exploits of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, the first man to organize an expedition to circumnavigate the world (1519–1522).
The book represents a kind of anthology of poetic reflections on the beauty and meaning of our life. It is complex and harmoniously consistent with its presentation, polished like crystal.
Why did an event that took place more than half a century ago, in a small room, at a regular meeting of a little-known university club, during a discussion on a thorny topic, cause such outrage?
