[publisher: The Viking Press, New York] Hardcover 238 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, all faded with some tanning from age. Spine straight. Binding good. Pages unmarked. Stefan Zweig tells the story of John Calvin's takeover of Geneva, not only by introducing his tyrannical and fanatical religious views, but also by declaring himself the city's highest figure. As a result, Calvin brought an end to Martin Luther's previous Protestant era. Record # 33297
[Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1936]
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