From one of the foremost chroniclers of the modern European experience, a panoramic view of a city that has seduced and bewitched visitors for centuries. Prague is the magic capital of Europe. Since the days of Emperor Rudolf II, "devotee of the stars and cultivator of the spagyric art", who in the late 1500s summoned alchemists and magicians from all over the world to his cast...(展开全部)

罗里·麦克林 Rory MacLean，集英国皇家学会文学奖、加拿大评委会、英格兰评委会荣誉奖，温斯顿·丘吉尔旅行奖，并获得国际IMPAC都柏林文学奖提名于一身。这本《柏林：一座城市的肖像》是其定居柏林后的杰作，荣登华盛顿邮报十佳读物。至今为止他已有九本著作，其中包括 十分畅销的《斯大林的鼻子》和《巨龙之下》。他给予了非虚构类社科作品创造性的写法，不仅学识深厚，且文笔优美，令人喟叹。他的作品广受青睐，他以敏锐的洞察力，扎实的学识征服了学界与大众。除此以外，作者还为BBC写广播剧本，以及创作电影剧本。 译者 傅敬民，博士，上海大学外国语学院教授《上海翻译》执行主编。中国翻译协会理事，上海市科技翻译学会副会长，上海市外文学会常务理事。翻译出版《年轻的狮子》，《亚当·比德》等译著十四部。

From the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka, from the devastation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart and Dvorak, Prague is steeped in a wealth of history and culture. "Prague In Black And Gold" is a first class history of this unique city, allowing us to unravel layer upon layer of startlingly symbolic sites and buildings to reveal t...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

在线阅读本书 When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. She then finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond, who, beneath his veneer of charm and cultivation, is cruelty its...(展开全部)

Transplanted to Europe from her native America, Isabel Archer has candour, beauty, intelligence, an independent spirit and a marked enthusiasm for life. An unexpected inheritance apparently gives her freedom, but despite all her natural advantages she makes one disastrous error of judgement and the result is genuinely tragic.

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Transplanted to Europe from her native America, Isabel Archer has candour, beauty, intelligence, an independent spirit and a marked enthusiasm for life. An unexpected inheritance apparently gives her freedom, but despite all her natural advantages she makes one disastrous error of judgement and the result is genuinely tragic.

◎著者简介 爱德华·克兰克肖（Edward Crankshaw，1909—1984），知名作家，在欧洲文化和政治史方面享有盛名。1947—1968年，他担任英国《观察家报》的驻外记者，专门研究苏联事务，撰写了多部相关著作。此外，他对奥地利的历史一直颇感兴趣，《维也纳：一个衰落的文化形象》等就是这一主题广受好评的专著。 ◎译者简介 田婧，北京人，2013年毕业于首都师范大学历史学院，世界史博士，现任职中央司法警官学院，曾赴美国夏威夷大学及法国巴黎高等师范学院访学。主要从事全球史、法律史的教学和科研工作，译有《世界史导航：全球视角的构建》等著作。