An epic story of empire-building and bloody conflict, this ground-breaking biography of one of history’s most venerated military and religious heroes opens a window on the Islamic and Christian worlds’ complex relationship. When Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187, returning the Holy City to Islamic rule for the first time in almost ninety years, he sent sho...(展开全部)

Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor - she conjured up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women...(展开全部)

The dramatic true-life story of George Hogg, a young Oxford graduate who is caught up in the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the Chinese Civil war, and who leads a group of Chinese children hundreds of miles across 15,000-foot mountains to safety -- only to die tragically in early 1945. The author, James MacManus, was working as a reporter in Shanghai in 1980s when he he...(展开全部)

Marie Tussaud led a remarkable life and with grit and audacity she overcame reversals of fortune to build an extraordinary spectacle. Of lowly birth, Marie became apprentice to a charismatic Paris showman who taught her wax modelling. They lived among a colourful cast of 'Italian singers, pastry cooks, restaurant keepers, marionettes, acrobats, giants, dwarves, ferocious beast...(展开全部)

作者 凯特·贝里奇（Kate Berridge）英国知名作家、撰稿人，现居伦敦；在《星期日泰晤士报》（Sunday Times ）、《旁观者》（The Spectator ）等报刊上发表过大量作品；热衷于研究19 世纪的历史文化，代表作有《蜡像传奇：杜莎夫人和她的时代》（Waxing Mythical: The Life and Legend ofMadame Tussaud ）、《僵尸：死亡禁忌的社会文化史考察》（Vigor Mortis: From Fear to Fashion - Discarding the Death Taboo ）等。 译者 刘火雄 现供职于南京大学，从事教学科研工作。著有《邹韬奋与中国现代出版转型》《曾经年少轻离别》《历历来时路：诺贝尔文学奖获奖作品在华出版传播研究》《想起故国想起你，各种悲欣交集》等。

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through the heart of the Middle East and merge in the area of Mesopotamia known as the "cradle of civilization." In their long and volatile political history, the sixteenth century ushered in a rare era of stability and integration. A series of military campaigns between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf brought the entirety of their...(展开全部)

作者：塞缪尔·韦伯（Samuel Weber） 加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校英语教授，加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校巴黎批判理论项目主任。在他的许多著作中，有《组织与诠释》（1987）和《大众传媒：形式、技术、媒体》（1996）。 译者：郭侃俊 清华大学外语系文学硕士，曾任北京科技大学外国语学院副院长、国际处处长，现任职于北京师范大学。译有《1848年欧洲革命》《电影创造美国：美国电影文化史》《看电影的艺术》等书。

The emperor's personality is brought to life against a background rich with the varied cultures he united through Christianity

作者简介 菲奥娜·麦卡锡（1940-2020），英国知名传记家。她的《艾瑞克·吉尔传》广受好评，让她一举成名。她的《威廉·莫里斯传》荣膺“沃尔夫森历史类作品奖”，《爱德华·彭恩·琼斯传》获得“詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克传记类作品奖”。菲奥娜是皇家艺术学院高级研究员，皇家文学会会员，牛津大学玛格丽特·霍尔夫人学会荣誉会员。她为英国文学做出了杰出贡献，于2009年获赐英帝国官佐勋衔（OBE）。 译者简介 董伊，男，1981年生，新疆乌鲁木齐人。新疆大学教师，北京外国语大学博士，师从张剑教授。主要研究十九至二十世纪英美诗歌，对英国浪漫派诗歌的文化史背景感兴趣。著有《柯尔律治诗歌中的光》。