Graduate student William Dougal and his girlfriend, Amanda, investigate the murder of a lecturer at the university who is a noted authority on Caroline Minuscule, a medieval script, and find themselves involved in a hunt for diamonds.

安德鲁·泰勒 英国犯罪作家协会终身成就奖（aka钻石匕首奖）得主 三获历史匕首奖 历史侦探小说领域巨匠 本作获新人匕首奖、爱伦·坡奖提名 安德鲁·泰勒成长于英格兰东部沼泽地区，在剑桥学习英国文学，并获得伦敦大学的图书馆与情报专业硕士学位。毕业后，泰勒从事过各种工作，包括造船工、会计、教师，最后在伦敦西北地区一家图书馆任图书馆员。签下第一份出版合同之后，他从图书馆辞职，成为全职作家。一九八二年，他发表了首部作品《卡洛琳字体》，一举斩获当年英国犯罪作家协会的新人匕首奖，以及爱伦·坡奖的提名。 多年来，泰勒笔耕不辍，尤其在历史推理小说方面地位极高，被泰晤士报誉为“当代最杰出的历史小说家之一”，也是唯一三次获得埃利斯·彼得斯匕首奖（该奖项专为历史推理小说设置）的侦探小说大师。二〇〇九年，英国犯罪作家协会授予其钻石匕首奖，以此表彰其终身成就。

William Dougal, a post-graduate expert in the medieval script of Caroline Minuscule, stumbles on the garroted corpse of his tutor - and finds himself embroiled in a hunt for a cache of diamonds, a deadly fairy story in which no one obeys the rules, least of all Dougal's girlfriend Amanda. As the body count rises, the couple pursue both the diamonds and their doom from London, t...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

This fascinating study of art gallery interiors examines the changing ideals and practices of galleries in Europe and North America from the eighteenth to the late twentieth century. It offers a detailed account of the different displays that have been created - the colors of the background walls, lighting, furnishings, the height and density of the art works on show - and it t...(展开全部)

名叫夏瑞狄恩‧薩卡威的男子是特別行動局最頂尖的探員之一，透過陰謀、卑劣的詭計或軍事行動改變星球的命運，好符合「文明」的期望。 名叫狄賽特‧斯瑪的女子從卑微不受注意的地帶將他拉出來，將他推向現在的顯赫成就，但儘管有他們那一切的約定，她並不如她以為的那樣了解他。 名叫斯卡芬─阿姆提斯考的機器人認識這兩個人。它曾經以特別血腥的辦法展開大屠殺而救了女子一命。它認為那位男子已經喪失了熱忱。但即使擁有機器的人工智慧，它也無從見證男子的可怕過去。 無比地聰穎，兼具詼諧與恐怖，《武器浮生錄》是一部科幻小說的傑作。 再也沒有英國科幻作家的作品讓我如此熱切期待……班克斯改寫了整個太空歌劇文類的劇本。──時報雜誌 如詩、幽默、困惑、恐怖、性感──伊恩‧班克斯的書就是這些加上更多。──NME 一本細緻、錯綜複雜的小說，充滿了動作跟道德見解，而且撰寫得如此美麗，讓我永遠不想讓...(展开全部)

Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful c...(展开全部)

FOLGER S HAKESPEARE LIBRARY T HE WORLD'S LEADING CENTER FOR S HAKESPEARE STUDIES Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to ...(展开全部)