This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex , marks the completion of a trilogy sure to stand as definitive. Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. What other president has written forty books, hunted lions, foun...(展开全部)

Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. When he toured Europe in 1910 as plain “Colonel Roosevelt,” he was hailed as the most famous man in the world. Crowned heads vied to put him up in their palaces. “If I see another king,” he joked, “I think I shall bite him.” Had TR won his historic “Bull Moose” campaign in 1...(展开全部)

中国畅销书苐一名，销量超过 300 万册。这是对英雄特质的一次激烈探索：一部文学杰作，首次以英语出版。 这个男孩在中国南方的一个小村庄里长大，听着关于上校的故事：有人说他是战争时期的传奇军医，有人说他是叛党，还有人说他是邪恶的性机器。这些故事淫荡而迷人，总是比生活更宏大。但实际上，上校只是一个爱猫的中年男子。到底为什么大家都称他为‘太监’呢？ 从这些不同的来源中，男孩试图拼凑出上校的真实身份，就像他本人在快速变化的中国长大一样。直到多年后，当男孩也成为中年人时，他才回过头来，终于解开了这个谜题。 《上校与太监》是麦家八年来的第一部新小说，也是他迄今为止雄心勃勃的作品。与间谍惊悚片不同，这是一个成长故事、一个家庭传奇，以及对英雄特质的激烈探索。上校是麦嘉的独特创造：一个笼罩在战争和历史悲剧中的近乎神话的人物，他的故事即使是铁石心肠的人也会感动得落泪。 ...(展开全部)