J.E.尼尔(1890-1975)是二十世纪英国著名的正统派史学家。出生于利物浦，家世清贫，师从英国史大师波拉德教授学习，曾在伦敦大学、曼彻斯特大学任教。后来尼尔成为伦敦历史学派的实际领导人，他学风承袭波拉德，极重视史料，且对英国议会史颇有研究。曾7次获各大学和研究单位授予的荣誉学位。

艾莉森•威尔（Alison Weir），英国著名历史传记作家。目前生活、工作在英国萨里。著有一系列英国王室史著作，大多为优秀畅销历史著作。主要有《不列颠王室家族》、《玛丽，苏格兰女王》、《亨利八世》、《伊莎贝拉》等等。

艾莉森•威尔（Alison Weir），英国著名历史传记作家。目前生活、工作在英国萨里。著有一系列英国王室史著作，大多为优秀畅销历史著作。主要有《不列颠王室家族》、《玛丽，苏格兰女王》、《亨利八世》、《伊莎贝拉》等等。

Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating new book, acclaimed biographer Alison Weir shares provocative new interpretations and fre...(展开全部)

Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired by her enemies. Dubbed the "pirate queen" by the Vatican and Spain's Philip II, she employed a network of daring merchants, brazen adventurers, astronomer philosophers, and her stalwart Privy Council to anchor her throne—and in doing so, planted the seedlings of an empire that ...(展开全部)

From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that turns on the death of a vivid and particular woman, and becomes the occasion for a man's deeper examination of love, friendship, and biography This beautiful, spare novel of platonic unrequited love springs into being around the singular character of the stoic, exacting Professor Elizabeth Finch. Neil, the narrator, take...(展开全部)

Since 1982, J. M. Coetzee has been dazzling the literary world. After eight novels that have won, among other awards, two Booker Prizes, and most recently, the Nobel Prize, Coetzee has once again crafted an unusual and deeply affecting tale. Told through an ingenious series of formal addresses, "Elizabeth Costello" is, on the surface, the story of a womanas life as mother, sist...(展开全部)

David Hume's great, enduring reputation in philosophy tends to obscure the fact that, among his contemporaries, his history of England was a more successful work. The history covers almost 1800 years. Hume saw English history as an evolution from a government of will to a government of law. Advanced in Hume's masterly prose, this argument continues to make the "History" a valua...(展开全部)

American artist Elizabeth Peyton is one of the outstanding painters of her generation, a painter known for her intimate figurative portraits of youthful, romantic people, ranging from friends, to historical figures, to music world celebrities. Her work is intensely personal, but the subject becomes an intimate of both audience and artist. Peyton's ability to draw the viewer in ...(展开全部)