The year is 1815 and Captain Hugh Austen of the Grenadier Guards is attending a ball before he leads his troops to face Napoleon at Waterloo. A young woman asks his help and the vanishes, leaving only a miniature portrait of herself. The woman is connected with a Satanic Man in Black who is rumored to practice Unhallowed Arts. Soon, Austen discovers that the mysterious woman wa...(展开全部)

The year is 1815 and Captain Hugh Austen of the Grenadier Guards is attending a ball before he leads his troops to face Napoleon at Waterloo. A young woman asks his help and the vanishes, leaving only a miniature portrait of herself. The woman is connected with a Satanic Man in Black who is rumored to practice Unhallowed Arts. Soon, Austen discovers that the mysterious woman wa...(展开全部)

First a symphony and then a song ...Mozart can never stop composing. It's as if his life depends on it. But this deeply angers his employer, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, who will not tolerate the slightest disobedience. So the rebellious young musician decides to get away from the court of his oppressive patron once and for all by moving to Vienna, where he will finally m...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂安•贾克： 法国教父级作家。 全球最卖座的法国作家！ 文学地位比肩大、小仲马！ 唯一名列全世界十五大畅销书作家的法国人！ 1947年出生于法国巴黎，毕业于索尔邦大学。除了作家身份外，他还是法国著名的古埃及学者、世界罕见的能够当场译读古埃及象形文字的人。 他的小说文笔优雅、故事奥妙、历史文化气息浓厚，兼具着文学的欣赏性与文化的熏陶感。从20世纪90年代至今，他的小说畅销全球，为读者带来了前所未有的探秘享受。而克里斯蒂安亦凭借着他的超人气，当选为最畅销的法国小说家。

First a symphony and then a song ...Mozart can never stop composing. It's as if his life depends on it. But this deeply angers his employer, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, who will not tolerate the slightest disobedience. So the rebellious young musician decides to get away from the court of his oppressive patron once and for all by moving to Vienna, where he will finally m...(展开全部)

Whenever the grandeur of Ancient Egypt is evoked, there is one name which comes immediately to mind - Ramses II, the pharaoh who reigned for more than sixty years. Here, he is still only fourteen years old. His father, Seti is worshipped by his people and has made his empire the most powerful in the world. But who will be his successor? Should it be his eldest son, Shanaar,...(展开全部)

"STARTLING . . . FIENDISH . . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING."--New York Daily News "Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . . Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife."--Rolling Stone "SENSUAL . . . BOLD, FAST-PAC...(展开全部)