It's Agatha Christie at her best as a weekend house party becomes a crime scene for special guest Hercule Poirot.

在线阅读本书 Hercule Poirot arrives at The Hollow for a weekend luncheon just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the body of her husband. It seems obvious that she has killed her wayward spouse, but Poirot doesn't believe things are that simple. What does Christow's death have to do with his current and former lovers, both of whom are nearby? What secre...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 丹•琼斯，专攻中世纪史的历史学家，曾获多项大奖。他的作品《金雀花王朝：缔造英格兰的武士国王与王后们》为《纽约时报》畅销书。《金雀花王朝》已被改编为四集电视纪录片《不列颠最血腥的王朝：金雀花王朝与大宪章，自由的诞生》。他和妻子及两个女儿生活在伦敦。 【译者简介】 陆大鹏，英德译者，热爱一切long ago和far away的东西。代表译作“地中海史诗三部曲”、《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》《金雀花王朝》《伯罗奔尼撒战争》《伊莎贝拉》《滑铁卢》《恺撒》《奥古斯都》《征服者》《罗曼诺夫皇朝》等。 豆瓣、新浪微博：陆大鹏Hans 微信公号：ldphans

【作者简介】 丹•琼斯，专攻中世纪史的历史学家，曾获多项大奖。他的作品《金雀花王朝：缔造英格兰的武士国王与王后们》为《纽约时报》畅销书。《金雀花王朝》已被改编为四集电视纪录片《不列颠最血腥的王朝：金雀花王朝与大宪章，自由的诞生》。他和妻子及两个女儿生活在伦敦。 【译者简介】 陆大鹏，英德译者，热爱一切long ago和far away的东西。代表译作“地中海史诗三部曲”、《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》《金雀花王朝》《伯罗奔尼撒战争》《伊莎贝拉》《滑铁卢》《恺撒》《奥古斯都》《征服者》《罗曼诺夫皇朝》等。 豆瓣、新浪微博：陆大鹏Hans 微信公号：ldphans

There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V, the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by their failure to use their power, and Richard III, the demon king. The extraordinary events - the Black Death that destroyed a third of the population, the Peasan...(展开全部)

Incorporating the latest research, The Victor's Crown offers an analysis of how competitive sport emerged in Greece during the eighth century BC, and then how the great festival cycle of Classical Greece came into being during the sixth century BC. Special attention is paid to violent sports of boxing, wrestling and pancration. We meet the great athletes of the past and discove...(展开全部)

Incorporating the latest research, The Victor's Crown offers an analysis of how competitive sport emerged in Greece during the eighth century BC, and then how the great festival cycle of Classical Greece came into being during the sixth century BC. Special attention is paid to violent sports of boxing, wrestling and pancration. We meet the great athletes of the past and discove...(展开全部)

Someone is sending poison pen letters in the small village of Prior's Umborne, and they have already driven one of the inhabitants to suicide. Private detective Nigel Strangeways is commissioned to find the source of the letters by arrogant financier Sir Archibald Blick, whose two sons live in the village, only for Sir Archibald to meet an untimely end at the bottom of the drea...(展开全部)

Someone is sending poison pen letters in the small village of Prior's Umborne, and they have already driven one of the inhabitants to suicide. Private detective Nigel Strangeways is commissioned to find the source of the letters by arrogant financier Sir Archibald Blick, whose two sons live in the village, only for Sir Archibald to meet an untimely end at the bottom of the drea...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。