The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Cathe...(展开全部)

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine ...(展开全部)

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Cathe...(展开全部)

Isabel Archer，来自于纽约，应姨母之邀，来伦敦探望她和她的丈夫Daniel的宅邸拜访。后，Isabel的父亲过世。在葬礼期间，她遇到了她的表亲Ralph Touchett，一个友善而病弱的青年，以及Ralph粗鲁的另据Warburton爵爷。Isabel拒绝了Warburton仓促的求婚，同样她也拒绝了Caspar Goodwood的求婚，尽管CG是个富有魅力的人而且是波士顿十分富有的磨坊继承人。尽管Isabel倾心于CG，但是她不希望通过这样的婚姻降低自己的独立性。她觉得，与CG结婚会让她丧失自由。Ralph的父亲年迈重病，要求他的儿子在自己死后把大部分资产留给Isabel。 Isabel周游大陆，在弗洛伦萨遇见了一个被流放的美国人，（当时对于罪行，尤其是宗教或者政治异见者，有流放海外殖民地以及放弃本国国籍的责罚制度。一般流放可以免除拘...(展开全部)

Russia’s long-standing claims to Crimea date back to the eighteenth-century reign of Catherine II. Historian Kelly O’Neill has written the first archive-based, multi-dimensional study of the initial “quiet conquest” of a region that has once again moved to the forefront of international affairs. O’Neill traces the impact of Russian rule on the diverse population of the former k...(展开全部)

Russia’s long-standing claims to Crimea date back to the eighteenth-century reign of Catherine II. Historian Kelly O’Neill has written the first archive-based, multi-dimensional study of the initial “quiet conquest” of a region that has once again moved to the forefront of international affairs. O’Neill traces the impact of Russian rule on the diverse population of the former k...(展开全部)

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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。

在线阅读本书 When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. She then finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond, who, beneath his veneer of charm and cultivation, is cruelty its...(展开全部)

Transplanted to Europe from her native America, Isabel Archer has candour, beauty, intelligence, an independent spirit and a marked enthusiasm for life. An unexpected inheritance apparently gives her freedom, but despite all her natural advantages she makes one disastrous error of judgement and the result is genuinely tragic.