马丁·西克史密斯，1954年9月24日出生于英国英格兰西部的柴郡，就读过牛津大学、列宁格勒大学、巴黎大学。1980-1997年作为BBC通讯记者到过莫斯科、华盛顿、布鲁塞尔、日内瓦以及华沙实地采访。1997-2002年在英国政府工作，做公关总监。他写过的纪实类书有《普京的石油：尤科斯事务和为俄国而战》《利特维年科事件：预知死亡的真实故事》《莫斯科政变：苏联体制的终结》。

马丁·西克史密斯，1954年9月24日出生于英国英格兰西部的柴郡，就读过牛津大学、列宁格勒大学、巴黎大学。1980-1997年作为BBC通讯记者到过莫斯科、华盛顿、布鲁塞尔、日内瓦以及华沙实地采访。1997-2002年在英国政府工作，做公关总监。他写过的纪实类书有《普京的石油：尤科斯事务和为俄国而战》《利特维年科事件：预知死亡的真实故事》《莫斯科政变：苏联体制的终结》。

In the year 1000 the world was one of mystery and magicians, monks, warriors and wandering merchants - people who feared an apocalypse and who had no idea what year it was or what lay beyond the nearest valley. It was a world of dark forests and Viking adventures in which fear was real and death a constant companion. People felt they walked hand-in-hand with God, and envisaged ...(展开全部)

'One of the most valuable writers in the world' Deborah Levy My Battle of Hastings is an exploration of how an immigrant, an outsider and a woman can embrace local and national history. In winter 2021, Xiaolu Guo moved into a tiny dilapidated flat on the Hastings seafront, a room of her own where she could spend time writing away from her domestic duties in London. As Russia in...(展开全部)

'One of the most valuable writers in the world' Deborah Levy My Battle of Hastings is an exploration of how an immigrant, an outsider and a woman can embrace local and national history. In winter 2021, Xiaolu Guo moved into a tiny dilapidated flat on the Hastings seafront, a room of her own where she could spend time writing away from her domestic duties in London. As Russia in...(展开全部)

Winner of the Cundill History Prize Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR A breathtakingly original work of history that uncovers a massive enslaved persons' revolt that almost changed the face of the Americas Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Blood on the River also won two of the highest honors for works of hi...(展开全部)

The winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize and the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Blood on the River also won two of the highest honors for works of history, capturing both the Frederick Douglass Prize and the Cundill History Prize in 2021. A book with profound relevance for our own time, Blood on the River “fundamentally al...(展开全部)

THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BERBICE SLAVE REBELLION Winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A gripping tale about the human need for freedom ... spellbinding' NPR 'Impressively detailed ... Kars provokes the reader into seeing the many sides involved in this bloody and desperate struggle with empathy and pity ... excellent' Paterson Jos...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A richly detailed account of a gripping human story' Washington Post '[An] epic history ... a sweeping, thoughtful narrative' Los Angeles Times On Sunday 27 February, 1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice - in present-day Guyana - launched a massive rebellion which came amaz...(展开全部)

Now extensively revised in this ninth edition, A History of Russia covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history--political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural--with a commitment to objectivity, fairne...(展开全部)