《刺客后传》英国版 The Golden Fool, the second volume of Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, is explicitly a sequel to both the Farseer and Liveship trilogies. The palace intrigues, which Fitz has found himself dragged back into, have as much to do with the politics of trade and conquest--the war between the Bingtown traders and their living ships and the theocratic bullies of Chalced--as w...(展开全部)

FitzChivalry Farseer is back at work as apprentice to master assassin Chade, but the master is nearing the end of his life. Nor is that the young assassin's only problem. The rescued Prince Dutiful isn't living up to his name and in his dereliction threatens to disclose his secret and scandalous possession of beast magic. Moreover, Farseer's wolf bondmate, Nighteyes, is dead, a...(展开全部)

《刺客后传》英国版 The second in the thrilling new fantasy series, from the author of the bestselling Assassin trilogy. Fitz has succeeded in rescuing Prince Dutiful from the clutches of the Piebald rebels, and has returned with him to Buckkeep castle. With Dutiful safe again, Queen Kettricken can proceed with plans to marry him to the Outislander princess, Elliania, but with tensions b...(展开全部)

A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, as the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister Elizabeth is played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion. The savage rivalry of the daughters of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth, mirrors that of their mothers, Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. Each will fight by any available means for the crown and fu...(展开全部)

The bitter enmity between Elizabeth the First and Mary Tudor, the daughters of Henry VIII (not to mention the conflict between their mothers Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon) makes the squabbles between modern-day royals seem small beer indeed. This is particularly clear after reading something as enjoyable as Philippa Gregory's The Queen's Fool, which treats the period and ...(展开全部)

帕乌斯托夫斯基(1892～1968)，俄罗斯作家。出身于莫斯科一个铁路员工家庭。从中学时代起他就醉心于文学，1912年发表了第一个短篇小说。在十月革命和国内战争时期他比较广泛地接触俄国的社会生活，参加过红军，当过记者及报社编辑。这期间他创作了许多作品。使他一举成名的是中篇小说《卡拉－布加兹海湾》(1932)。后来他还写了一系列画家、作家的传记小说和历史题材的作品，如《伊萨克·列维坦》(1937)、《塔拉斯·谢甫琴柯》(1939)、《北方故事》(1938)等。卫国战争时期他当过战地记者。他于1956年发表的《金玫瑰》是一本创作札记，其中谈了许多创作体会和经历，受到广泛欢迎。后期他致力于创作长篇自传体小说《一生的故事》(1945～1963)，反映了19世纪末直到20世纪30年代作者的经历，是作者对创作历程和道德、精神内容的思考、探索的总结。 帕乌斯托夫斯...(展开全部)

The Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived in its entirety. It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic result in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately transformed back into human shape by the...(展开全部)

鲁齐乌斯·阿普列尤斯(124?-175?)出生于北非一个官吏家庭，后来入了埃及的伊希斯教门，在罗马作过律师。他的主要作品是《变形记》，又名《金驴记》。这是罗马文学中最完整的一部小说。青年鲁齐乌斯因事赴希腊北部帖萨利地方，这是有名的妖术之邦，他止宿于高利贷者米罗家中，米罗的妻子是个女术士，青年误敷了她的魔药，变成一头驴子，被一群强盗劫去，后来落到奴隶主庄园，又辗转卖给磨坊主和菜农，又为军人劫去，卖给贵族厨奴，最后伊希斯女神把他救了，他恢复了人形，就皈依伊希斯教门。 这部小说以主人公的遭遇为纽带，真实而广泛地描写了罗马帝国外省生活。例如贵族地主纵犬咬死小农三个儿子，强占土地；罗马军官强夺人民财产；富人豢养野兽，举办斗兽会等。小说也叙述了不少由于贪图金钱、遗产，或由于情欲而引起的凶杀。作者利用主人公变驴后的遭遇和感受，刻画了穷人和奴隶受奴役和虐待的处境。主...(展开全部)

四十年来被尊为女权偶像人物的英国文学老祖母，与伍尔芙并称“双星”。 数次获诺贝尔文学奖和布克奖提名。 1919年生于伊朗，幼年度过了一战后有如毒气弹下的生活。 十五岁因眼疾辍学，改以自修方式遍读文学，后来做过电话接线员、保姆、速记员等。 曾两次结婚并离异，1949年携幼子移居英国，全部家当是皮包中的一部小说草稿。该书不久以《野草在歌唱》为题出版，使莱辛一举成名。 1962年，代表作《金色笔记》推出，作为极易引起争议的鸿篇巨制，成为其摘得诺贝尔奖桂冠的最充分理由。

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