All the King's Men is considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Set in the 1930s, this book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey 'Kingfish' Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success.

F·S·菲茨杰拉德（Francis Scott Fitzgerald，1896—1940） 二十世纪美国最杰出的作家之一，以诗人和梦想家的气质为“爵士时代”吟唱华丽挽歌。短短四十四年的人生，他的遭际几经跌宕起伏，在名利场中看尽世态炎凉。二十世纪末，美国学术界权威在百年英语长河中选出一百部最优秀的小说，凝聚了菲茨杰拉德才华横溢的两部长篇小说《了不起的盖茨比》和《夜色温柔》均榜上有名，前者更高居第二位。

F·S·菲茨杰拉德（Francis Scott Fitzgerald，1896—1940） 二十世纪美国最杰出的作家之一，以诗人和梦想家的气质为“爵士时代”吟唱华丽挽歌。短短四十四年的人生，他的遭际几经跌宕起伏，在名利场中看尽世态炎凉。二十世纪末，美国学术界权威在百年英语长河中选出一百部最优秀的小说，凝聚了菲茨杰拉德才华横溢的两部长篇小说《了不起的盖茨比》和《夜色温柔》均榜上有名，前者更高居第二位。

作者简介：约翰·库珀，英国约克大学历史学教授，英国皇家历史学会会士，伦敦古物学会会士。主要研究领域为16世纪英格兰政治史、宗教史与建筑史。著有《失落的威斯敏斯特礼拜堂：皇家礼拜堂如何成为下议院》等多部作品。 译者简介：杜宣莹，北京大学历史学系副教授，英国约克大学历史学博士，研究领域为英国近代史。

作者简介：约翰·库珀，英国约克大学历史学教授，英国皇家历史学会会士，伦敦古物学会会士。主要研究领域为16世纪英格兰政治史、宗教史与建筑史。著有《失落的威斯敏斯特礼拜堂：皇家礼拜堂如何成为下议院》等多部作品。 译者简介：杜宣莹，北京大学历史学系副教授，英国约克大学历史学博士，研究领域为英国近代史。

Brunhild was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport-these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe. The...(展开全部)

A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, as the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister Elizabeth is played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion. The savage rivalry of the daughters of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth, mirrors that of their mothers, Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. Each will fight by any available means for the crown and fu...(展开全部)

The bitter enmity between Elizabeth the First and Mary Tudor, the daughters of Henry VIII (not to mention the conflict between their mothers Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon) makes the squabbles between modern-day royals seem small beer indeed. This is particularly clear after reading something as enjoyable as Philippa Gregory's The Queen's Fool, which treats the period and ...(展开全部)

作者简介：约翰·库珀，英国约克大学历史学教授，英国皇家历史学会会士，伦敦古物学会会士。主要研究领域为16世纪英格兰政治史、宗教史与建筑史。著有《失落的威斯敏斯特礼拜堂：皇家礼拜堂如何成为下议院》等多部作品。 译者简介：杜宣莹，北京大学历史学系副教授，英国约克大学历史学博士，研究领域为英国近代史。