Afascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the 20th century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire Beyond trenches, flappers, and Spitfires, this is a story of strange cults and economic madness, of revolutionaries and heroic inventors, sexual experiments, and raucous stage heroines. Between the death of Queen Victoria an...(展开全部)

Afascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the 20th century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire Beyond trenches, flappers, and Spitfires, this is a story of strange cults and economic madness, of revolutionaries and heroic inventors, sexual experiments, and raucous stage heroines. Between the death of Queen Victoria an...(展开全部)

安德鲁‧马尔（Andrew Marr ）1959年生于格拉斯哥，在剑桥大学攻读英文，后来长期担任政治记者，为《苏格兰人》（the Scotsman）、《独立报》（the Independent）、《每日快报》（the Daily Express）、《观察家报》（the Observer）。从2000 年到 2005年，他担任 BBC政治编辑。他为电视台撰写和播出历史、科学和政治纪录片，每周日早上在BBC一台播放安德鲁?马尔秀节目。

安德鲁‧马尔（Andrew Marr ）1959年生于格拉斯哥，在剑桥大学攻读英文，后来长期担任政治记者，为《苏格兰人》（the Scotsman）、《独立报》（the Independent）、《每日快报》（the Daily Express）、《观察家报》（the Observer）。从2000 年到 2005年，他担任 BBC政治编辑。他为电视台撰写和播出历史、科学和政治纪录片，每周日早上在BBC一台播放安德鲁?马尔秀节目。

In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the ...(展开全部)

In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the ...(展开全部)

Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy. Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne. Her image as ...(展开全部)

1921. Strachey was one of the leading members of the Bloomsbury group. He is credited with having revolutionized the art of writing biography. His evident affection for his subject make this a landmark work. Contents: Antecedents; Childhood; Lord Melbourne; Marriage; Lord Palmerston; Last Years of the Prince Consort; Widowhood; Mr. Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield; Old Age; and ...(展开全部)

Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy. Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne. Her image as ...(展开全部)

乔纳森·芬比是十八本书的作者，包括备受称赞的《在边缘：法国的困扰》《将军：戴高乐及其拯救的法国》，后者被《纽约时报》誉为“精彩之书……博识敏锐、扣人心弦，让人不忍释卷”。他关注法国逾半个世纪，曾任路透社和《经济学人》巴黎通讯站负责人，也曾在《观察家》和《南华早报》发表和编辑诸多报道。他还被法国授予荣誉军团勋章和国家荣誉勋章。