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.

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.

Set in the 1930s, this Pulitzer Prize–winning novel 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. Generally considered the finest novel ever written on American politics, All the King’s Men is a literary classic...(展开全部)

卡尔•伯恩斯坦Carl Bernstein 卡尔•伯恩斯坦，16岁时在报社当勤务工，19岁时成为新闻记者，自1966年起在《华盛顿邮报》工作。因参与《华盛顿邮报》对于水门事件的报道，获普利策奖。 鲍勃•伍德沃德Bob Woodward 鲍勃•伍德沃德，《华盛顿邮报》副总编，因参与水门事件和“9•11”事件的报道，两次荣获普利策奖。

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。

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)