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。

David Hume's great, enduring reputation in philosophy tends to obscure the fact that, among his contemporaries, his history of England was a more successful work. The history covers almost 1800 years. Hume saw English history as an evolution from a government of will to a government of law. Advanced in Hume's masterly prose, this argument continues to make the "History" a valua...(展开全部)

"[A] revisionist biography of the man whom a London newspaper eulogized as a 'wrecker of industries and an impoverisher of men'.... Mr. Renehan describes [Gould's business deals] with zest." ( New York Times ) Though reviled for more than a century as Wall Street's greatest villain, Jay Gould was in fact its most original creative genius. Gould was the robber baron's robber ...(展开全部)

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