The first of Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, The Warden concerns the moral dilemma of the Reverend Septimus Harding, who finds himself at the centre of a bitter conflict between defenders of Church privilege and the reforming impulses of the mid-Victorian period. Appointed warden of an almshouse, he is given a comfortable salary from its founder’s will to oversee the institution...(展开全部)

特罗洛普（1815-1882），英国文学史上最高产最伟大的小说家。共创作长篇小说47部，还有大量短篇小说、游记、传记及一部自传。前期发表的一组六部总名为《巴塞特郡》的小说为他奠定了基础，其中以《养老院院长》和《巴切斯特塔》最为脍炙人口。后期小说中也有一组六部作品名为《巴里塞小说》，属于政治小说或称议会小说，其中以《首相》最出色，写当时英国上层政治家的相互斗争。一般认为，特罗洛普最好的作品是包括《巴彻斯特养老院》、《巴彻斯特大教堂》、《索恩医生》、《弗雷姆利教区》、《阿林顿小屋》、《巴塞特的最后纪事》六部长篇小说在内“巴塞特郡”系列。 晚年还有两部优秀作品《如今世道》和《斯卡包鲁一家》。他的写实手法揭露讥讽英国维多利亚女王时代中、上层社会，并自觉灌注道德教育意图。他的小说情节发展自然流畅，文笔犀利幽默，人物形象生动，心理刻画逼真深刻。生前未给予充分评价...(展开全部)

War and madness cast shadows over the lands dragons once ruled. Geder Palliako's star is rising. He is a hero of Antea, protector to the crown prince, and darling of the court. But storms from his past are gathering, and with them, a war that will change everything. Cithrin bel Sarcour founded a powerful bank on stolen wealth, forged papers, and ready blades. Now every move she...(展开全部)

One man saved the British Royal Family in the first decades of the 20th century - he wasn't a prime minister or an archbishop of Canterbury. He was an almost unknown, and self-taught, speech therapist named Lionel Logue, whom one newspaper in the 1930s famously dubbed 'The Quack who saved a King'. Logue wasn't a British aristocrat or even an Englishman - he was a commoner and ...(展开全部)

All the King's Men is considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Set in the 1930s, this book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey 'Kingfish' Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success.

All the King's Men is considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Set in the 1930s, this book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey 'Kingfish' Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success.

Set in the 1930s, this Pulitzer Prize–winning novel traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey “Kingfish” Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success. Generally considered the finest novel ever written on American politics, All the King’s Men is a literary classic...(展开全部)

约翰•菲吉斯(John Neville Figgis, 1866–1919),英国19世纪末20世纪初著名历史学家、政治哲学家，毕业于英国剑桥大学，师从英国著名历史学家、政治理论家阿克顿勋爵，并主编阿克顿勋爵的全集。其主要著作包括《神圣王权理论》《从热尔松到格劳秀斯的政治思想研究》《圣奥古斯丁<上帝之城>的政治思想》等。 戴鹏飞，法学博士，现供职于江西省宜春学院政法学院，主要致力于法理学、政治哲学、政治思想相关研究。在《读书》等期刊杂志发表论文若干，出版《19世纪英格兰的法律与公共舆论》《思索英格兰与苏格兰的联合》《枢密院考》《论华兹华斯的政治家气质》等多部译著。

约翰•菲吉斯(John Neville Figgis, 1866–1919),英国19世纪末20世纪初著名历史学家、政治哲学家，毕业于英国剑桥大学，师从英国著名历史学家、政治理论家阿克顿勋爵，并主编阿克顿勋爵的全集。其主要著作包括《神圣王权理论》《从热尔松到格劳秀斯的政治思想研究》《圣奥古斯丁<上帝之城>的政治思想》等。 戴鹏飞，法学博士，现供职于江西省宜春学院政法学院，主要致力于法理学、政治哲学、政治思想相关研究。在《读书》等期刊杂志发表论文若干，出版《19世纪英格兰的法律与公共舆论》《思索英格兰与苏格兰的联合》《枢密院考》《论华兹华斯的政治家气质》等多部译著。

This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain. England’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Their remarkable reign saw England emerge from the Dark Ages to become a...(展开全部)