The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating--and will completely change the way readers and historians view his reign and legacy.

George III, Britain's longest-reigning king, has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring injuries upon this country than any other modern English king' (WEH Lecky, nineteenth century), 'one of England's most disastrous kings' (JH Plumb, twentieth century) and as the pomp...(展开全部)

托马斯•莫尔（1478-1535）是以其伟大的著作《乌托邦》闻名遐迩的。由于被天主教会封为圣人，又称“圣托马斯•莫尔”，是英格兰政治家、作家、社会哲学家与空想社会主义者。 夏海涛，毕业于北京外国语大学外语系，《参考消息》原社长兼总编辑，长期从事翻译工作，除大量短篇译文外，还译有多部作品，如《乔治•马歇尔传》《太平洋战争》等。

托马斯•莫尔（1478-1535）是以其伟大的著作《乌托邦》闻名遐迩的。由于被天主教会封为圣人，又称“圣托马斯•莫尔”，是英格兰政治家、作家、社会哲学家与空想社会主义者。 夏海涛，毕业于北京外国语大学外语系，《参考消息》原社长兼总编辑，长期从事翻译工作，除大量短篇译文外，还译有多部作品，如《乔治•马歇尔传》《太平洋战争》等。

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。

A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(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。

A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland’s literary phenomenon―his first to be translated into English. It’s 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for...(展开全部)

A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)