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)

Toby Wilkinson is a prizewinning Egyptologist and the author of Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy King’s Tomb, A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology, and the New York Times best seller The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt. He lives in Suffolk, UK.

The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson. Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter, and an astute d...(展开全部)

Hailed as the most important and most comprehensive single study of Tang poetry to have appeared in English when originally published by Yale University Press in 1981, this Quirin Press Revised Edition brings back into print this much sought after title and offers the full original text with the following features: Older Wade-Giles transliteration fully updated and revised to t...(展开全部)

宇文所安，又名斯蒂芬・欧文。1946年生于美国密苏里州圣路易斯市，长于美国南方小城。1959年移居巴尔的摩。在巴尔的摩公立图书馆里沉湎于诗歌阅读，并初次接触中国诗；虽然只是中文翻译，但他迅速决定与其发生恋爱，至今犹然。1972年获耶鲁大学东亚系博士学位，随即执教耶鲁大学。二十年后应聘哈佛，任教东亚系、比较文学系，现为詹姆斯・布莱恩特・柯南德特级教授。有著作数种，论文多篇。其人也，性乐烟酒，心好诗歌。简脱不持仪形，喜俳谐。自言其父尝忧其业中国诗无以谋生，而后竟得自立，实属侥幸尔。

Hailed as the most important and most comprehensive single study of Tang poetry to have appeared in English when originally published by Yale University Press in 1981, this Quirin Press Revised Edition brings back into print this much sought after title and offers the full original text with the following features: Older Wade-Giles transliteration fully updated and revised to t...(展开全部)

宇文所安，又名斯蒂芬・欧文。1946年生于美国密苏里州圣路易斯市，长于美国南方小城。1959年移居巴尔的摩。在巴尔的摩公立图书馆里沉湎于诗歌阅读，并初次接触中国诗；虽然只是中文翻译，但他迅速决定与其发生恋爱，至今犹然。1972年获耶鲁大学东亚系博士学位，随即执教耶鲁大学。二十年后应聘哈佛，任教东亚系、比较文学系，现为詹姆斯・布莱恩特・柯南德特级教授。有著作数种，论文多篇。其人也，性乐烟酒，心好诗歌。简脱不持仪形，喜俳谐。自言其父尝忧其业中国诗无以谋生，而后竟得自立，实属侥幸尔。

作者简介 G.W.考克斯，英国著名历史学家。主要研究世界古代史和中世纪史。在欧美学术界，他的影响力巨大，曾受牛津大学、剑桥大学、爱丁堡大学、柏林大学、巴黎大学、哥伦比亚大学、芝加哥大学、哈佛大学等二十余所世界名校邀请前往讲学，最后形成了传为美谈的“考克斯效应”，成为19世纪中后期欧美讲学热潮的重要现象。他的代表作品除了《希波战争》一书外，还有《十字军东征》。这两部大作分别代表了考克斯世界古代史研究与中世纪史研究的*高水平，广受好评。 译者简介 刘满芸，北京外国语大学（原北京外国语学院）毕业，北京语言大学比较文学与世界文学硕士，美国伯米吉州立大学访问学者。长治学院外语系教授、学术带头人。中国翻译协会会员，山西省高等院校外语教学与研究学会理事。主要研究方向为翻译学与比较文学。近年来主持山西省教育厅规划及教改课题四项，指导山西省大学生创新创业项目两项。出版...(展开全部)