American artist Elizabeth Peyton is one of the outstanding painters of her generation, a painter known for her intimate figurative portraits of youthful, romantic people, ranging from friends, to historical figures, to music world celebrities. Her work is intensely personal, but the subject becomes an intimate of both audience and artist. Peyton's ability to draw the viewer in ...(展开全部)

From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that turns on the death of a vivid and particular woman, and becomes the occasion for a man's deeper examination of love, friendship, and biography This beautiful, spare novel of platonic unrequited love springs into being around the singular character of the stoic, exacting Professor Elizabeth Finch. Neil, the narrator, take...(展开全部)

In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of North American Indians had made her their weroanza - 'big chief'. The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favourite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, whose tattooed face had enthralled Elizabethan London. Now Manteo was returne...(展开全部)

◎ 著者简介 贾尔斯·米尔顿（Giles Milton），英国作家和历史学家，他的作品畅销全球，包括《改变历史的香料商人》《武士威廉》等，现居伦敦。

◎ 著者简介 贾尔斯·米尔顿（Giles Milton），英国作家和历史学家，他的作品畅销全球，包括《改变历史的香料商人》《武士威廉》等，现居伦敦。

Captive American Indian Manteo was returned to his homeland as Governor, a gamble that resulted in the first English settlement in the New World. Using first-hand accounts, this book tells the full story and its extraordinary twist.

Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating new book, acclaimed biographer Alison Weir shares provocative new interpretations and fre...(展开全部)

艾莉森•威尔（Alison Weir），英国著名历史传记作家。目前生活、工作在英国萨里。著有一系列英国王室史著作，大多为优秀畅销历史著作。主要有《不列颠王室家族》、《玛丽，苏格兰女王》、《亨利八世》、《伊莎贝拉》等等。

艾莉森•威尔（Alison Weir），英国著名历史传记作家。目前生活、工作在英国萨里。著有一系列英国王室史著作，大多为优秀畅销历史著作。主要有《不列颠王室家族》、《玛丽，苏格兰女王》、《亨利八世》、《伊莎贝拉》等等。