Beethoven’s political ideals, inspired by the French Revolution and Napoleon, radiate through his ground-breaking compositions. Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in Bonn where they were fervently discussed in cafés and at the university. At the age of 21, he moved to Vienna to study with Haydn, gaining renown as a master pianist and innovative composer. In...(展开全部)

V.S. Naipaul undertook this Caribbean journey at the invitation, in 1960, of Dr Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of independent Trinidad, the author's birthplace. At that time, the plantation colonies of the region were formed, culturally, in the image of the metropolis. Racial and political assertion had yet to catch up with them in varying ways. In Trinidad, African ra...(展开全部)

Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary, Kohei Araki is devoted to the notion that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years creating them at Gembu Books, it’s time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime—a young, disheveled squar...(展开全部)

保罗·霍尔特，法国当代侦探小说作家，因坚持本格侦探小说创作而被誉为“黄金时代侦探小说最后的捍卫者”。1956年出生于法国东北部的阿尔萨斯省。1987年凭借《第四扇门》一书获得科尼亚克侦探小说大奖后正式出道，之后陆续创作以“阿兰·图威斯特博士”“欧文·伯恩斯”为主人公的系列作品。其代表作有《幻影小巷》《第四扇门》《第七重解答》《恶狼之夜》等。

Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary, Kohei Araki is devoted to the notion that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years creating them at Gembu Books, it’s time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime—a young, disheveled squar...(展开全部)

保罗·霍尔特，法国当代侦探小说作家，因坚持本格侦探小说创作而被誉为“黄金时代侦探小说最后的捍卫者”。1956年出生于法国东北部的阿尔萨斯省。1987年凭借《第四扇门》一书获得科尼亚克侦探小说大奖后正式出道，之后陆续创作以“阿兰·图威斯特博士”“欧文·伯恩斯”为主人公的系列作品。其代表作有《幻影小巷》《第四扇门》《第七重解答》《恶狼之夜》等。

◎著者简介 作者 乔纳森·伊斯雷尔（Jonathan Israel），本科毕业于英国剑桥大学，在牛津大学获得博士学位。他在英国多所大学（纽卡斯尔大学、赫尔大学和伦敦大学学院）工作30年，后来被任命为普林斯顿高等研究院现代欧洲史教授，2016年退休。 ◎译者简介 米兰，毕业于复旦大学和巴黎政治学院，现居巴黎。西方现代史爱好者，译有亨利·列斐伏尔的《资本主义的幸存》。

Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers—that the Revolution was caused by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades scholars have argued that the Revolution was brought about by social forces, politics, economics, or culture—almost anything but abstract notions like liberty or equality....(展开全部)

Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers—that the Revolution was caused by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades scholars have argued that the Revolution was brought about by social forces, politics, economics, or culture—almost anything but abstract notions like liberty or equality....(展开全部)

“If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?” England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, whi...(展开全部)