萨米·迈克尔(Saml Mlclaael) ，以色列著名作家。 1926年生于伊拉克，在巴格达一个犹太教、伊斯兰教、基督教等教派林立的城区长大，后因从事左翼运动被迫迁居以色列海法。凭借深厚的复合文化功底和背景，多年来从事民族文化融合、移民、人权维护等人道主义活动，在全球享有崇高的声誉。2001年，被委任为以色列人权协会主席。 早期用阿拉伯语写作，后经不懈努力，娴熟地掌握希伯来语，改用希伯来语创作。1974年，首部希伯来语小说《平等，更多的平等》出版，因关注移民文化中的迷茫与挫折，获得极高评价。此后，《穿过椰林的风》、《一捧雾》、《瓦地的小号》等陆续出版，引起国际文坛的广泛关注。 1993年，代表作《维多利亚》出版，十多年来畅销不衰，并被翻译成英、法、德、荷、意等重要语种，在全球赢得崇高的声望。

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)

From Dr Annie Gray, presenter of BBC2's Victorian Bakers What does it mean to eat like a queen? Elizabeth gorged on sugar, Mary on chocolate and Anne was known as 'Brandy Nan'. Victoria ate all of this and more. The Greedy Queen celebrates Victoria's appetite, both for food and, indeed, for life. Born in May 1819, Victoria came 'as plump as a partridge'. In her early years she ...(展开全部)

历史学家、厨师、广播节目主持人和作家，专攻公元1600年至今的英国食物史，不止在图书馆，也在厨房进行她的研究。她曾任职于奥德莉庄园厨房等历史悠久的厨房，并在全英各地授课。她主持了包括英国广播公司（BBC）《维多利亚烘焙师》（Victorian Bakers）在内的历史纪实节目，并出现在英国广播公司第四广播电台（BBC Radio 4）的《厨房橱柜》（The Kitchen Cabinet）节目中。现居东安格利亚（East Anglia）。

From Dr Annie Gray, presenter of BBC2's Victorian Bakers What does it mean to eat like a queen? Elizabeth gorged on sugar, Mary on chocolate and Anne was known as 'Brandy Nan'. Victoria ate all of this and more. The Greedy Queen celebrates Victoria's appetite, both for food and, indeed, for life. Born in May 1819, Victoria came 'as plump as a partridge'. In her early years she ...(展开全部)

历史学家、厨师、广播节目主持人和作家，专攻公元1600年至今的英国食物史，不止在图书馆，也在厨房进行她的研究。她曾任职于奥德莉庄园厨房等历史悠久的厨房，并在全英各地授课。她主持了包括英国广播公司（BBC）《维多利亚烘焙师》（Victorian Bakers）在内的历史纪实节目，并出现在英国广播公司第四广播电台（BBC Radio 4）的《厨房橱柜》（The Kitchen Cabinet）节目中。现居东安格利亚（East Anglia）。

The Victorians we meet in this volume range from the capitalists in the top tier of the bourgeoisie, eager to be recognized as gentlemen, to the clerks and craftsmen fearful of sinking into the proletariat. Peter Gay's aim throughout this sweeping work of cultural history is to widen our perception of Victorian bourgeois life, to replace monochromatic generalizations with revea...(展开全部)

彼得·盖伊（Peter Gay，1923—2015），德裔美国历史学家，耶鲁大学荣休教授。1923年生于柏林，1938年移民美国，在哥伦比亚大学获得博士学位，先后任教于哥伦比亚大学、耶鲁大学。著作等身，研究广泛涉及启蒙运动、中产阶级等诸多社会文化史领域。曾荣获美国国家图书奖、美国历史学会杰出学术贡献奖、美国艺术与文学院金奖。 早期代表作之一《启蒙时代》（The Enlightenment: An Interpretation）在文化史研究领域具有典范意义，五卷本《布尔乔亚经验》（The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud）是其晚年最重要的作品。 译者简介： 赵勇，大连外国语大学高级翻译学院教授，全国人大常委会法工委法律英文译审专家委员会委员，南京大学博士，美国波士顿大学访问学者，主要译著有《社会理论与现代社...(展开全部)