Two young women in a land shattered by war test the limits of their strengthLovely Julia Hoffman has always enjoyed the carefree life of her well-to-do Philadelphia family. But when she fails to attra

A succession of catastrophes in the middle years of the fourteenth century brought France to the brink of destruction. The bankruptcy of the French state and a bitter civil war within the royal family were followed by the defeat and capture of the King of France by the Black Prince at Poitiers. A peasant revolt and a violent revolution in Paris completed the tragedy. In a humil...(展开全部)

作者简介 乔纳森·萨姆欣（Jonathan Sumption）曾在牛津大学莫德林学院（Magdalen College）任教，其巨著《百年战争》系列，时至今日已有《战争的试炼》《火焰的试炼》《分裂的王朝》《受诅咒的国王》四部作品问世，分别出版于1990年、1999年、2009年和2015年。他的作品还包括《朝圣者：一幅中世纪宗教图景》（1975）以及《阿尔比十字军》（1978）等。2009年，他因《分裂的王朝》一书荣获沃尔夫森历史奖。 乔纳森·萨姆欣先后毕业于伊顿公学与牛津大学，在离开牛津大学莫德林学院后，他投身法律事业，于1970年代加入伦敦内殿律师学院；1986年，38岁的他受命成为女王御用大律师；1990年代初，又升任高等法院大法官法庭助理法官。2012年，萨姆欣被擢升为最高法院大法官，与11名同僚一起运作整个联合王国的法律体系。 译者简介 傅...(展开全部)

作者简介 乔纳森·萨姆欣（Jonathan Sumption）曾在牛津大学莫德林学院（Magdalen College）任教，其巨著《百年战争》系列，时至今日已有《战争的试炼》《火焰的试炼》《分裂的王朝》《受诅咒的国王》四部作品问世，分别出版于1990年、1999年、2009年和2015年。他的作品还包括《朝圣者：一幅中世纪宗教图景》（1975）以及《阿尔比十字军》（1978）等。2009年，他因《分裂的王朝》一书荣获沃尔夫森历史奖。 乔纳森·萨姆欣先后毕业于伊顿公学与牛津大学，在离开牛津大学莫德林学院后，他投身法律事业，于1970年代加入伦敦内殿律师学院；1986年，38岁的他受命成为女王御用大律师；1990年代初，又升任高等法院大法官法庭助理法官。2012年，萨姆欣被擢升为最高法院大法官，与11名同僚一起运作整个联合王国的法律体系。 译者简介 傅...(展开全部)

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his...(展开全部)

Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, tragic, and transitional event in American history. The third edition incorporates recent scholarship and addresses renewed areas of interest in the Civil War/Reconstruction era, including the motivations and ex...(展开全部)

"Ordeal by Fire" blends the most up-to-date scholarship with interpretations based on decades of teaching, research, and writing, to tell an important story - that of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, t...(展开全部)

Thamos, Count of Thebes, one of the last members of a spiritual brotherhood keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs, has been assigned the mission to find and protect the 'Great Magician', a genius whose works will save humanity. Believing that he has found the One in popular young musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he succeeds in initiating him in the Masonic rites inspired ...(展开全部)