"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)

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)

After turning a healthy profit following his adventures in Pasloe, Kraft Lawrence is eager to reinvest his capital with an eye to the future. When the deal turns sour, though, Lawrence finds himself deeply in debt and facing a very bleak future indeed. Luckily, Holo is at his side with a risky (and less than legal) scheme that may just save the merchant's neck and a promise tha...(展开全部)

Having narrowly escaped financial ruin, Lawrence turns his attention to helping Holo find her ancient homeland in the North. But how long can a traveling merchant afford to wander the countryside looking for a village that he suspects may have ceased to exist long ago? When a rival merchant sets his sights on Lawrence's beautiful companion, though, can Lawrence truly be confide...(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.

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。