Two young women in a land shattered by war test the limits of their strengthLovely Julia Hoffman has always enjoyed the carefree life of her well-to-do Philadelphia family. But when she fails to attra

Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, tragic, and transitional event in American history. The third edition incorporates recent scholarship and addresses renewed areas of interest in the Civil War/Reconstruction era, including the motivations and ex...(展开全部)

"Ordeal by Fire" blends the most up-to-date scholarship with interpretations based on decades of teaching, research, and writing, to tell an important story - that of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, t...(展开全部)

"Ordeal by Fire" blends the most up-to-date scholarship with interpretations based on decades of teaching, research, and writing, to tell an important story - that of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, t...(展开全部)

Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, tragic, and transitional event in American history. The third edition incorporates recent scholarship and addresses renewed areas of interest in the Civil War/Reconstruction era, including the motivations and ex...(展开全部)

[英]乔纳森·萨姆欣(Jonathan Sumption)，曾在牛津大学莫德林学院（Magdalen College）任教，其巨著百年战争系列，时至今日已有《战争的试炼》《烈火的审判》《分裂的王朝》《被诅咒的国王》四部作品问世，分别出版于1990年、1999年、2009年和2015年。他的作品还包括《朝圣者》（1975年）、《阿尔比十字军》（1978年）、《爱德华三世》（2016年）、《国家的审判》（2019年）和《危机时期的法律》（2021年）等。2009年，他的《分裂的王朝》荣获沃尔夫森历史奖。乔纳森·萨姆欣先后毕业于伊顿公学与牛津大学，在离开牛津大学莫德林学院后，他投身法律事业，于1970年代加入伦敦内殿律师学院；1986年，38岁的他受命成为女王御用大律师；1990年代初，又升任高等法院大法官法庭助理法官。2012年，萨姆欣被擢升为最高法院大...(展开全部)

In the Book and Sword, Louis Cha revives the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qianlong which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese as a result of a "baby swap." The novel is panoramic in scope and includes the fantastical elements for which Cha is well-known: secret societies, kungfu masters, a lost desert city guarded by wolf packs, ...(展开全部)

In the Book and Sword, Louis Cha revives the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qianlong which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese as a result of a "baby swap." The novel is panoramic in scope and includes the fantastical elements for which Cha is well-known: secret societies, kungfu masters, a lost desert city guarded by wolf packs, ...(展开全部)