In the mid-1600s, Manchu bannermen spearheaded the military force that conquered China and founded the Qing Empire, which endured until 1912. By the end of the Taiping War in 1864, however, the descendants of these conquering people were coming to terms with a loss of legal definition, an ever-steeper decline in living standards, and a sense of abandonment by the Qing court. Fo...(展开全部)

[美] 迈克尔·西姆斯（Michael Sims） 现居美国，以写作非虚构作品著称。著有《阿波罗之火:地球上自然和想象的一天》和《图书馆杂志》评出的最佳科学读本《达尔文的交响乐团》。曾主编企鹅经典系列《阿奇和梅宝评注本》及《侠盗吕潘》。同时也是许多文学精选集的编者，其作品包括《煤气灯罪行的企鹅之书》《德古拉伯爵的访客》《死者之证》《幽灵马车》等。他的作品曾登载于《洛杉矶时报》《华盛顿邮报》《美国考古》《新政治家》《高等教育纪事报》等多家期刊杂志，他还是广播电台的常客。另外，西姆斯还是呼吁人类与大自然和谐共处的发言人，广受赞誉。

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, o...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, o...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, ...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, o...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, o...(展开全部)

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, ...(展开全部)