By the renowned author of "Things Fall Apart, this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two worlds.

◎ 著者简介 菲利普·帕克（Philip Parker），英国历史学家，曾求学于剑桥大学圣三一学院，以及约翰·霍普金斯大学高级国际研究学院，曾任英国外交官，对古代和中世纪的政治与军事系统颇感兴趣，曾著有《帝国于此处止步》（The Empire Stops Here）、《地图中的英国史》（A History of Britain in Maps）等书。现居伦敦。 ◎ 译者简介 高万博，中世纪军事历史爱好者，曾参与多本维京－诺曼方向的作品翻译。 李达，浙江大学毕业，中世纪军事历史爱好者，主要研究方向为中世纪军事史、拜占庭帝国制度史、中世纪东地中海-黑海交流史等。曾自译数本军事典籍与编年史。

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