As Britain’s first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brought about the biggest social and political revolution in the nation’s post-war history. She achieved this largely by the driving force of her personality – a subject of endless speculation among both her friends and her foes. Jonathan Aitken has an insider’s view of Margaret Thatcher’s story. He is well qualified to ...(展开全部)

One of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary stories In The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel’s trademark gifts of penetrating characterization, unsparing eye, and rascally intelligence are once again fully on display. Stories of dislocation and family fracture, of whimsical infidel...(展开全部)

希拉里•曼特尔出生于英国格罗索普市，于伦敦经济学院和谢菲尔德大学攻读法律。2009年、2012年凭借历史小说《狼厅》和《提堂》两次摘得布克奖。目前，“克伦威尔三部曲”系列的第三部《镜与光》正在创作中。曼特尔是首位两次获得布克奖的女性作家，此前只有J•M•库切和彼得•凯里两次获此殊荣。 1974年，希拉里•曼特尔开始了创作生涯。第一部小说《一个更安全的地方》重现了法国大革命的恢弘场面，获1992年《周日快报》年度小说奖。1995年《爱情实验》获霍桑登奖。2005年《黑暗深处》入围英联邦作家奖和橘子奖短名单。2003年出版了以童年生活为主题的短篇小说集《学说话》。迄今为止，希拉里•曼特尔已经出版十一部长篇小说、两部短篇小说集和一部自传。最新出版的作品是2014年的短篇小说集《暗杀》。2006年希拉里•曼特尔受封大英帝国司令勋章（CBE），2014年受封大...(展开全部)

玛格丽特·利奇（Margaret Leech，1893～1974），美国作家和历史学家，曾两度赢得普利策历史奖。利奇出生于纽约州，1915年毕业于瓦萨学院，第一次世界大战之前便开始她的写作生涯。她创作的《华盛顿的起床号》获1942年的普利策奖，《麦金利时代》（In the Days of McKinley）获1960年的普利策奖，并获班克罗夫特奖。

This unusual fictional account, in good part autobiographical, narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and society.

《Down and Out in Paris and London》是乔治·奥威尔的半自传体作品，以幽默而深刻的笔触描绘了他在巴黎和伦敦的贫困生活经历。书中不仅记录了他在底层社会的挣扎与生存智慧，还深刻揭示了贫穷、失业与社会不公等社会问题。这是一部让人在笑声中思考现实，感受生活真谛的文学经典，充满了对社会与人性的深刻洞察。

Autobiographical work by George Orwell, published in 1933. Orwell's first published book, it contains essays in which actual events are recounted in a fictionalized form. The book recounts that to atone for the guilt he feels about the conditions under which the disenfranchised and downtrodden peoples of the world exist, Orwell decides to live and work as one of them. Dressed a...(展开全部)

Autobiographical work by George Orwell, published in 1933. Orwell's first published book, it contains essays in which actual events are recounted in a fictionalized form. The book recounts that to atone for the guilt he feels about the conditions under which the disenfranchised and downtrodden peoples of the world exist, Orwell decides to live and work as one of them. Dressed a...(展开全部)

This unusual fictional account, in good part autobiographical, narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and society.