Completed in 1136, "The History of the Kings of Britain" traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous of all British heroes, King Arthur, it is as much myth as it is history an...(展开全部)

Completed in 1136, "The History of the Kings of Britain" traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous of all British heroes, King Arthur, it is as much myth as it is history an...(展开全部)

约翰•菲吉斯(John Neville Figgis, 1866–1919),英国19世纪末20世纪初著名历史学家、政治哲学家，毕业于英国剑桥大学，师从英国著名历史学家、政治理论家阿克顿勋爵，并主编阿克顿勋爵的全集。其主要著作包括《神圣王权理论》《从热尔松到格劳秀斯的政治思想研究》《圣奥古斯丁<上帝之城>的政治思想》等。 戴鹏飞，法学博士，现供职于江西省宜春学院政法学院，主要致力于法理学、政治哲学、政治思想相关研究。在《读书》等期刊杂志发表论文若干，出版《19世纪英格兰的法律与公共舆论》《思索英格兰与苏格兰的联合》《枢密院考》《论华兹华斯的政治家气质》等多部译著。

约翰•菲吉斯(John Neville Figgis, 1866–1919),英国19世纪末20世纪初著名历史学家、政治哲学家，毕业于英国剑桥大学，师从英国著名历史学家、政治理论家阿克顿勋爵，并主编阿克顿勋爵的全集。其主要著作包括《神圣王权理论》《从热尔松到格劳秀斯的政治思想研究》《圣奥古斯丁<上帝之城>的政治思想》等。 戴鹏飞，法学博士，现供职于江西省宜春学院政法学院，主要致力于法理学、政治哲学、政治思想相关研究。在《读书》等期刊杂志发表论文若干，出版《19世纪英格兰的法律与公共舆论》《思索英格兰与苏格兰的联合》《枢密院考》《论华兹华斯的政治家气质》等多部译著。

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexan...(展开全部)

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexan...(展开全部)

The great national epic of Persia—the most complete English-language edition Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as their appearance in such novels as The Kite Runner amply attests. Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi in the late tenth cen...(展开全部)

Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shanameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly-marked explanati...(展开全部)

The great national epic of Persia—the most complete English-language edition Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as their appearance in such novels as The Kite Runner amply attests. Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi in the late tenth cen...(展开全部)

Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shanameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly-marked explanati...(展开全部)