As a young guardsman, Grigory Potemkin caught the eye of Catherine the Great with a theatrical act of gallantry during the coup that placed her on the throne. Over the next thirty years he would become her lover, co-ruler, and husband in a secret marriage that left room for both to satisfy their sexual appetites. Potemkin proved to be one of the most brilliant statesmen of the ...(展开全部)

[英]西蒙·塞巴格·蒙蒂菲奥里(Simon Sebag Montefiore)，荣获多项大奖的历史学家，其著作已被翻译成四十余种语言。《叶卡捷琳娜大帝与波将金》入选塞缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖和马什传记奖的短名单；Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar获得英国图书奖年度历史著作奖；《青年斯大林》获得英国科斯塔传记奖、美国《洛杉矶时报》传记奖、法国政治传记大奖和奥地利克莱斯基政治文学奖；《耶路撒冷三千年》获得文津图书奖和美国犹太图书理事会“年度好书”；《罗曼诺夫皇朝》入选《纽约时报》十大好书榜单，并荣获意大利“卢皮凯亚·德尔·特里奇奥文学奖”（Lupicaia del Terriccio Literature Prize）。他的作品还包括得到高度赞扬的“莫斯科三部曲”（小说）：《萨申卡》、Red Sky at Noon 和...(展开全部)

[英]西蒙·塞巴格·蒙蒂菲奥里(Simon Sebag Montefiore)，荣获多项大奖的历史学家，其著作已被翻译成四十余种语言。《叶卡捷琳娜大帝与波将金》入选塞缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖和马什传记奖的短名单；Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar获得英国图书奖年度历史著作奖；《青年斯大林》获得英国科斯塔传记奖、美国《洛杉矶时报》传记奖、法国政治传记大奖和奥地利克莱斯基政治文学奖；《耶路撒冷三千年》获得文津图书奖和美国犹太图书理事会“年度好书”；《罗曼诺夫皇朝》入选《纽约时报》十大好书榜单，并荣获意大利“卢皮凯亚·德尔·特里奇奥文学奖”（Lupicaia del Terriccio Literature Prize）。他的作品还包括得到高度赞扬的“莫斯科三部曲”（小说）：《萨申卡》、Red Sky at Noon 和...(展开全部)

History's greatest love story, Catherine the Great and Potemkin is a sweeping epic of sex, love, power, conquest and extravagance on a magnificent Russian scale. Not only was only was their romance wildly passionate but they were also probably the most successful political partnership of all, outstripping Antony and Cleopatra or Napoleon and Josephine. Their secret letters, wh...(展开全部)

This is the story of an air campaign in which each bomb could dramatically influence the course of the war. In January 1942, the powerful German battleship Tirpitz sailed into her new base in a Norwegian fjord, within easy reach of the Arctic Convoys. Her destruction suddenly became a top Allied priority. But sinking a modern and formidably armed battleship was no easy task, es...(展开全部)

This is the story of an air campaign in which each bomb could dramatically influence the course of the war. In January 1942, the powerful German battleship Tirpitz sailed into her new base in a Norwegian fjord, within easy reach of the Arctic Convoys. Her destruction suddenly became a top Allied priority. But sinking a modern and formidably armed battleship was no easy task, es...(展开全部)

This new volume is intended to present a global vision of the development of the world's battleships. In a collection of chapters by international, the design, building, and career of a significant battleship from each of the world's navies is explored that illuminates not just the ships but also the communities of officers and individuals that served in them and, more broadly,...(展开全部)