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The Emperor's Tomb

For the video game, see Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb.

The Emperor's Tomb (German: Die Kapuzinergruft) is a 1938 novel by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth. The Overlook Press published an English translation by John Hoare in 1984.[1] The title refers to the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. The novel was adapted into the 1971 film Trotta directed by Johannes Schaaf.[2] New Directions Publishing Corporation published a new translation by Michael Hofmann in 2013.[3]

New German edition, based on the first print: Joseph Roth, Die Kapuzinergruft, ed. by Werner Bellmann, Reclam, Stuttgart 2013. [with detailed commentary and epilog]

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References

  1. ^ Tonkin, Katharine (2008). Joseph Roth's March Into History: From the Early Novels to Radetzkymarsch and Die Kapuzinergruft. p. 204. ISBN 1-57113-389-5.
  2. ^ Nürnberger, Helmuth (1981). Joseph Roth (in German). p. 152. ISBN 3-499-50301-8.
  3. ^ Pudles, Daniel. "Darkness before dawn", The Guardian, 2 February 2013. Retrieved on 7 August 2016.