"Five Spice Street" is a novel about a street in an unnamed city whose inhabitants speculate on the life of a mysterious Madam X. The novel interweaves their endless suppositions into a work that is at once political parable and surreal fantasia. Some think X is 50 years old; others that she is 22. Some believe she has occult powers and has thereby enslaved the young men of the...(展开全部)

羅傑．克勞利 英國著名歷史學家，其父親是海軍軍官，曾駐防於地中海各地，故作者在年輕時就跟隨父親在地中海各處度過很長的歲月，因而對地中海世界的歷史文化產生濃厚興趣。作者在劍橋完成學業後，曾赴伊斯坦堡任教，花了很多時間考察該座城市，也曾徒步遊覽土耳其西部。前述經歷使得作者擁有淵博的地中海歷史與地理知識，著作有「地中海史詩三部曲」：《海洋帝國》、《一四五三》、《財富之城》，以及《征服者：葡萄牙帝國的崛起》、《1291阿卡圍城戰》（以上繁中版均由馬可孛羅出版）等書。 相關著作：《征服者：葡萄牙帝國的崛起》《1453：君士坦丁堡的陷落》《海洋帝國：伊斯蘭與基督教勢力邊界爭霸的時代》《財富之城：海洋霸權威尼斯共和國》《1291阿卡圍城戰：十字軍保衛聖地的最後一戰》《征服者：葡萄牙帝國的崛起》《財富之城：威尼斯共和國的海洋霸權》《1453：君士坦丁堡的陷落》《海洋...(展开全部)

The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could reach Europe only via a complex web of trade routes, and for decades Spanish and Po...(展开全部)

The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could reach Europe only via a complex web of trade routes, and for decades Spanish and Por...(展开全部)

Lawrence the traveling merchant and his companion, Holo the Wisewolf, head north in search of Holo's home of Yoitsu. Using information obtained in the pagan town of Kumersun, they finally arrive at the small countryside village of Tereo. A church priest in Tereo is said to know the whereabouts of a monk who specializes in the tales of the pagan pantheon-but when Lawrence visits...(展开全部)

杰克·特纳(Jack Turner)1968年生于澳大利亚墨尔本，在墨尔本大学荻古典文学艺术专业学士学位。后获罗兹奖学金在牛津大学学习，并以麦克阿瑟基金会初级研究员身份在那里从事研究，获牛津大学国际关系学博士学位。现与妻子海伦娜及儿子旅居瑞士。《香料传奇》是他的第一本著作。

A history of the trade that controlled the world and left an indelible impression on our taste buds; a sweeping story of avarice, ingenuity and exploration, spanning the globe and the centuries in its epic reconstruction of this magnificent obsession. Spices: for centuries the staple of cuisine, remedies and ritual, they have commanded the highest of prices. To this day, saffr...(展开全部)

A brilliant, original history of the spice trade—and the appetites that fueled it. It was in search of the fabled Spice Islands and their cloves that Magellan charted the first circumnavigation of the globe. Vasco da Gama sailed the dangerous waters around Africa to India on a quest for Christians—and spices. Columbus sought gold and pepper but found the New World. By the tim...(展开全部)

Lawrence Craft has been walking the lonely path of the itinerant merchant for seven years. His life changes forever when he meets Horo, the Wolf-God of the harvest, and the two begin travelling together.