Clinging to a rugged hillside in the lush valley of Sparta lies Mistra, one of the most dramatically beautiful Byzantine cities in Greece, a place steeped in history, myth, and romance. Following the Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese in the thirteenth century, William II of Villehardouin built a great castle on a hill near Sparta that later came to be known as Mistra. Ten ye...(展开全部)

Clinging to a rugged hillside in the lush valley of Sparta lies Mistra, one of the most dramatically beautiful Byzantine cities in Greece, a place steeped in history, myth, and romance. Following the Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese in the thirteenth century, William II of Villehardouin built a great castle on a hill near Sparta that later came to be known as Mistra. Ten ye...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 斯蒂文•朗西曼（Steven Runciman，1903~2000），英国著名历史学者，极具影响力的拜占庭史、中世纪史研究者。出身于贵族世家，精通多门语言。自剑桥三一学院毕业后，周游列国，于多所大学任教，1942年至1945年任伊斯坦布尔大学拜占庭艺术与历史学教授，其间出版了代表性作品三卷本的《十字军史》（A History of the Crusades）。此外还著有多部享有盛誉的作品，包括《拜占庭文明》（Byzantine Civilisation）、《西西里晚祷事件》（The Sicilian Vespers）和《君士坦丁堡的陷落》（The Fall of Constantinople）。 【译者简介】 谭琦，哈尔滨理工大学语言文学类硕士，专职翻译，醉心于探究与考证之乐。译有《大围攻：马耳他1565》。

在线阅读本书 Rosa Luxemburg was a revolutionary socialist who fought and died for her beliefs. In January 1919, after being arrested for her involvement in a workers' uprising in Berlin, she was brutally murdered by a group of right-wing soldiers. Her body was recovered days later from a canal. Six years earlier she had published what was undoubtedly her finest achievement, The Accu...(展开全部)

In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography no...(展开全部)

In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography no...(展开全部)

l Presents a comprehensive analysis on the development of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, a historic landmark in the history of China l Provides detailed information on different aspects of the capital, including the political events, economic environment, and cultural contribution l Discusses the importance and influence of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty l Reviews va...(展开全部)

In Capital, Commonwealth Prize–winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: the expansion of the global elite. Capital is an intimate portrait of the city of Delhi which bears witness to the extraordinary transmogrification of India’s capital. But it also offers a glimpse of what capitalism will become in the coming, post-Western world. The story ...(展开全部)

Since the opening up of India’s economy in 1991, wealth has poured into the country, and especially into Delhi. Capital bears witness to the astonishing metamorphosis of India’s capital city, charting its emergence from a rural backwater to the center of India’s new elites. No other place on earth better embodies the breakneck, radically disruptive nature of the global economy’...(展开全部)