In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the British Empire. They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain’s most glamorous aristocratic family, Mohandas Ga...(展开全部)

Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. Born five years and seven thousand miles apart, they became embodiments of the nations they led. Both became living icons, idolized and admired around the world. Today, they remain enduring models of leadership in a democratic society. Yet the truth was Churchill and Gandhi ...(展开全部)

Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. Born five years and seven thousand miles apart, they became embodiments of the nations they led. Both became living icons, idolized and admired around the world. Today, they remain enduring models of leadership in a democratic society. Yet the truth was Churchill and Gandhi ...(展开全部)

阿瑟·赫尔曼（Arthur Herman），美国著名历史学家、畅销书作家。霍普金斯大学史学博士，曾在苏格兰爱丁堡大学访学。1980年代至1990年代在美国天主教大学、乔治城大学、乔治梅森大学等多所大学任教，现任哈德逊研究所高级研究员。2007年至2009年，他作为第一个非英籍人士被任命为苏格兰文化艺术委员会委员。赫尔曼的著作主题宏大、史料扎实、文笔生动，学术性与可读性兼具，畅销不衰，深受各界人士的推崇。

From the award-winning author of Almost a Miracle and The Ascent of George Washington, this is the rare work of scholarship that offers us irresistible human drama even as it enriches our understanding of deep themes in our nation's history. The decade of the 1790s has been called the “age of passion.” Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republ...(展开全部)

约翰·菲尔林（John Ferling），西佐治亚大学荣休历史教授，著有多部关于美国革命的历史作品，以及获奖作品《跃入黑暗》（A Leap in the Dark），以及《点燃世界》（Setting the World Ablaze）。 译者： 王晓平、赵燕、黑黟，上海第二工业大学教师，英语语言文学学科金海翻译社成员。

约翰·菲尔林（John Ferling），西佐治亚大学荣休历史教授，著有多部关于美国革命的历史作品，以及获奖作品《跃入黑暗》（A Leap in the Dark），以及《点燃世界》（Setting the World Ablaze）。 译者： 王晓平、赵燕、黑黟，上海第二工业大学教师，英语语言文学学科金海翻译社成员。

From the award-winning author of Almost a Miracle and The Ascent of George Washington, this is the rare work of scholarship that offers us irresistible human drama even as it enriches our understanding of deep themes in our nation's history. The decade of the 1790s has been called the “age of passion.” Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republ...(展开全部)

For centuries, from foodstuffs and fabrics to medicine and industrial materials, plants have dominated trade between countries. Possession of rare spices, sweets, and narcotics could mean enviable wealth and power. In quest of these desired products and the income they brought, explorers ventured forth, risking death as they traveled unknown seas. Here is the story of seven pla...(展开全部)