威尔弗雷德·塞西杰（Wilfred Thesiger，1910—2003） 英国著名探险家和旅行文学作家。作为“最后一位古典探险家”，塞西杰以其对远离西方世界的遥远地区及其传统生活方式的探索而闻名。他的民族志式写作更新了英国游记文学传统：通过与当地人长时间地生活在一起并充分融入当地文化，深刻地描绘他所观察并参与的社会、民族、历史与文化传统。代表作《沼地阿拉伯人》与《阿拉伯之沙》，分别记录了他在伊拉克南部的沼泽地区和阿拉伯半岛沙漠中的生活，被公认为20世纪旅行文学的经典，对包括保罗·索鲁在内的一代旅行作家产生了深远影响。 +++ 【译者简介】 蔡飞 主业为心理咨询师，除了文字还大量“翻译”潜意识，书写心灵世界的游记。其他译作包括《超越愤怒》等。

During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq-long before they were almost completely wiped out by Saddam Hussein-Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire, and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Traveling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicine and treating the sick. In this account of a nearly lost ...(展开全部)

威尔弗雷德·塞西杰（Wilfred Thesiger，1910—2003） 英国著名探险家和旅行文学作家。作为“最后一位古典探险家”，塞西杰以其对远离西方世界的遥远地区及其传统生活方式的探索而闻名。他的民族志式写作更新了英国游记文学传统：通过与当地人长时间地生活在一起并充分融入当地文化，深刻地描绘他所观察并参与的社会、民族、历史与文化传统。代表作《沼地阿拉伯人》与《阿拉伯之沙》，分别记录了他在伊拉克南部的沼泽地区和阿拉伯半岛沙漠中的生活，被公认为20世纪旅行文学的经典，对包括保罗·索鲁在内的一代旅行作家产生了深远影响。 +++ 【译者简介】 蔡飞 主业为心理咨询师，除了文字还大量“翻译”潜意识，书写心灵世界的游记。其他译作包括《超越愤怒》等。

During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq-long before they were almost completely wiped out by Saddam Hussein-Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire, and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Traveling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicine and treating the sick. In this account of a nearly lost ...(展开全部)

In this remarkable reconstruction of an eighteenth-century woman's extraordinary and turbulent life, historian Linda Colley not only tells the story of Elizabeth Marsh, one of the most distinctive travelers of her time, but also opens a window onto a radically transforming world.Marsh was conceived in Jamaica, lived in London, Gibraltar, and Menorca, visited the Cape of Africa ...(展开全部)

This is a book about a world in a life. Conceived in Jamaica and possibly mixed-race, Elizabeth Marsh (1735-1785) traveled farther and was more intimately affected by developments across the globe than the vast majority of men. She was the first woman to publish in English on Morocco, and the first to carry out extensive explorations in eastern and southern India. A creature of...(展开全部)

【英】琳达·科利 英国皇家历史学会和皇家文学学会成员，普林斯顿历史学教授，曾任教于剑桥大学、耶鲁大学和伦敦政治经济学院，主要研究方向为英国史、帝国史、全球史。其他代表作品包括《挑战寡头政治:1714—1760年的托利党》《纳米尔》《英国人：国家的形成，1707—1837年》《囚徒：1600—1850年的英国、帝国和世界》。《纽约时报》曾评价她为“当今最杰出、最尖锐、最具原创性的英国历史学家之一”。 侯奕茜 四川外国语大学副教授、硕士生导师，主要研究方向为隐喻翻译及女性主义翻译，出版译著多部。

This is a book about a world in a life. Conceived in Jamaica and possibly mixed-race, Elizabeth Marsh (1735-1785) traveled farther and was more intimately affected by developments across the globe than the vast majority of men. She was the first woman to publish in English on Morocco, and the first to carry out extensive explorations in eastern and southern India. A creature of...(展开全部)

【英】琳达·科利 英国皇家历史学会和皇家文学学会成员，普林斯顿历史学教授，曾任教于剑桥大学、耶鲁大学和伦敦政治经济学院，主要研究方向为英国史、帝国史、全球史。其他代表作品包括《挑战寡头政治:1714—1760年的托利党》《纳米尔》《英国人：国家的形成，1707—1837年》《囚徒：1600—1850年的英国、帝国和世界》。《纽约时报》曾评价她为“当今最杰出、最尖锐、最具原创性的英国历史学家之一”。 侯奕茜 四川外国语大学副教授、硕士生导师，主要研究方向为隐喻翻译及女性主义翻译，出版译著多部。

In this remarkable reconstruction of an eighteenth-century woman's extraordinary and turbulent life, historian Linda Colley not only tells the story of Elizabeth Marsh, one of the most distinctive travelers of her time, but also opens a window onto a radically transforming world.Marsh was conceived in Jamaica, lived in London, Gibraltar, and Menorca, visited the Cape of Africa ...(展开全部)