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Hiroshima

by John Hersey ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city."The perspective [Hiroshima] ... Read more

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city."The perspective [Hiroshima]
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The Rape of Nanking

The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II

by Iris Chang ...

The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal—and forgotten—massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II."A powerful, landmark book, riveting in its horror." —Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombIn December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of... ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal—and forgotten—massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II."A powerful, landmark book, riveting in its horror." —Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombIn December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of...
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Poland 1939

The Outbreak of World War II

by Roger Moorhouse ...

**A gripping history of the Nazi invasion of Poland, the true onset of World War II“Exemplary...About as good as military history can be.” —Timothy Snyder, New York Times**For Americans, World War II began in December 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Europe, the war began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler’s soldiers invaded Poland, followed later that month by Stalin’s Red Army. The ... Read more

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**A gripping history of the Nazi invasion of Poland, the true onset of World War II“Exemplary...About as good as military history can be.” —Timothy Snyder, New York Times**For Americans, World War II began in December 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Europe, the war began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler’s soldiers invaded Poland, followed later that month by Stalin’s Red Army. The
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The Nine Cloud Dream

by Kim Man-jung, Heinz Insu Fenkl ...

Translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl ...

**Korea’s most prized literary masterpiece: a Buddhist journey questioning the illusions of human life—presented in a vivid new translation by PEN/Hemingway finalist Heinz Insu Fenkl*Named one of the year's most anticipated books by The New York Times, The Millions, and i09***Often considered the highest achievement in Korean fiction, The Nine Cloud Dream poses the question: Will the life we dream ... Read more

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**Korea’s most prized literary masterpiece: a Buddhist journey questioning the illusions of human life—presented in a vivid new translation by PEN/Hemingway finalist Heinz Insu Fenkl*Named one of the year's most anticipated books by The New York Times, The Millions, and i09***Often considered the highest achievement in Korean fiction, The Nine Cloud Dream poses the question: Will the life we dream
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When the War Was Over

Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition

by Elizabeth Becker ...

The "definitive" (Los Angeles Times), award-winning history of Cambodia and Pol Pot's rise to power, tracing the country's modern origins to the human rights abuses that reshaped it foreverAward-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the rise of the ... Read more

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The "definitive" (Los Angeles Times), award-winning history of Cambodia and Pol Pot's rise to power, tracing the country's modern origins to the human rights abuses that reshaped it foreverAward-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the rise of the
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Slow Noodles

A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

by Chantha Nguon ...

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.**RECIPE: HOW TO CHANGE CLOTH INTO DIAMONDTake a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and 1 wholesale extermination. ... Read more

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A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.**RECIPE: HOW TO CHANGE CLOTH INTO DIAMONDTake a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and 1 wholesale extermination.
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The Pillow Book

by Sei Shonagon, Meredith McKinney ...

Translated by Meredith McKinney ...

A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics. ... Read more

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A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics.
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The China Mirage

The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia

by James Bradley ...

From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent.In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's engagement in Asia. Now comes his most engrossing work yet. Beginning in the 1850s, Bradley introduces us to the ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent.In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's engagement in Asia. Now comes his most engrossing work yet. Beginning in the 1850s, Bradley introduces us to the
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Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi

Aspirations and Tensions of Islamic Cosmopolitanism

by SherAli Tareen ...

Series series Makers of the Muslim World
Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi (1703–1762) was a highly renowned and influential scholar of Islam who produced foundational works on the Qur’an, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Sufism, philosophy, and politics. He sought to reconcile seemingly competing strands of Muslim intellectual thought and practice, pursuing a cosmopolitan Islam marked not by dogmatism and finality but by debate and hermeneutical ... Read more

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Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi (1703–1762) was a highly renowned and influential scholar of Islam who produced foundational works on the Qur’an, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Sufism, philosophy, and politics. He sought to reconcile seemingly competing strands of Muslim intellectual thought and practice, pursuing a cosmopolitan Islam marked not by dogmatism and finality but by debate and hermeneutical
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Oceans of Grain

How American Wheat Remade the World

by Scott Reynolds Nelson ...

An "incredibly timely" global history journeys from the Ukrainian steppe to the American prairie to show how grain built and toppled the world's largest empires (Financial Times).To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain—along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals how the struggle to dominate ... Read more

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An "incredibly timely" global history journeys from the Ukrainian steppe to the American prairie to show how grain built and toppled the world's largest empires (Financial Times).To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain—along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals how the struggle to dominate
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The Unwomanly Face of War

An Oral History of Women in World War II

by Svetlana Alexievich ...

Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky ...

A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Guardian • NPR • The Economist • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • Kirkus ReviewsFor more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the m... ... Read more

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A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Guardian • NPR • The Economist • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • Kirkus ReviewsFor more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the m...
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Genghis Khan

His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy

by Frank McLynn ...

"[Khan's] was an extraordinary, epic story and Frank McLynn does it full justice in a vivid, page-turning biography." — The Spectator (UK)A definitive and sweeping account of the life and times of the world's greatest conqueror — Genghis Khan — and the rise of the Mongol empire in the 13th centuryCombining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship, ... Read more

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"[Khan's] was an extraordinary, epic story and Frank McLynn does it full justice in a vivid, page-turning biography." — The Spectator (UK)A definitive and sweeping account of the life and times of the world's greatest conqueror — Genghis Khan — and the rise of the Mongol empire in the 13th centuryCombining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship,
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Croatia: A Nation Forged in War

by Marcus Tanner ...

From the ashes of former Yugoslavia an independent Croatian state has arisen, the fulfillment, in the words of President Franjo Tudjman, of the Croats' "thousand-year-old dream of independence." Yet few countries in Europe have been born amid such bitter controversy and bloodshed: the savage war between pro-independence forces and the Yugoslav army left about one-third of the country in ruins and ... Read more

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From the ashes of former Yugoslavia an independent Croatian state has arisen, the fulfillment, in the words of President Franjo Tudjman, of the Croats' "thousand-year-old dream of independence." Yet few countries in Europe have been born amid such bitter controversy and bloodshed: the savage war between pro-independence forces and the Yugoslav army left about one-third of the country in ruins and
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The Cultural Revolution

A People's History, 1962—1976

by Frank Dikötter ...

**The concluding volume--following Mao's Great Famine and The Tragedy of Liberation--in Frank Dikötter's award-winning trilogy chronicling the Communist revolution in China.After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives from 1958–1962, an aging Mao Zedong launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat ... Read more

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**The concluding volume--following Mao's Great Famine and The Tragedy of Liberation--in Frank Dikötter's award-winning trilogy chronicling the Communist revolution in China.After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives from 1958–1962, an aging Mao Zedong launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat
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The Party and the People

Chinese Politics in the 21st Century

by Bruce J. Dickson ...

How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its peopleSince 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity, widespread social upheaval, and violence against its own people. Yet the party does not sustain dominance through repressive tactics alone—it pairs this ... Read more

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How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its peopleSince 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity, widespread social upheaval, and violence against its own people. Yet the party does not sustain dominance through repressive tactics alone—it pairs this
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Lineages of Brahman Power

Caste, Family, and the State in Western India, 1600–1900

by Rosalind O'Hanlon ...

Series series SUNY series in Hindu Studies
Traces the role that western India's influential Brahman communities played in shaping India's modern caste system.Western India's Brahman communities have played a key role in the shaping of India's modern caste system. In Lineages of Brahman Power, Rosalind O'Hanlon focuses on their rise to power between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, exploring the ways in which some Brahman ... Read more

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Traces the role that western India's influential Brahman communities played in shaping India's modern caste system.Western India's Brahman communities have played a key role in the shaping of India's modern caste system. In Lineages of Brahman Power, Rosalind O'Hanlon focuses on their rise to power between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, exploring the ways in which some Brahman
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La strato de Tanja. Vivo en Rusio 1917-2017. Nefikcia prozaĵo en Esperanto

by Kalle Kniivilä ...

La strato de Tanja en Vasilij-insulo en Sankt-Peterburgo longas apenaŭ unu kaj duonan kilometrojn, sed ĉi tie oni povas trovi la tutan historion de Sovetio kaj la postsovetia Rusio. Tuta jarcento da ordinaraj homoj kun nekutimaj sortoj. --- Korina Klodt loĝas ĉi tie en la printempo de 1938, kiam ŝin meze de la nokto vekas fremdaj viroj en malhelaj vestoj, kiuj forportas ŝiajn gepatrojn. Ŝi neniam ... Read more

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La strato de Tanja en Vasilij-insulo en Sankt-Peterburgo longas apenaŭ unu kaj duonan kilometrojn, sed ĉi tie oni povas trovi la tutan historion de Sovetio kaj la postsovetia Rusio. Tuta jarcento da ordinaraj homoj kun nekutimaj sortoj. --- Korina Klodt loĝas ĉi tie en la printempo de 1938, kiam ŝin meze de la nokto vekas fremdaj viroj en malhelaj vestoj, kiuj forportas ŝiajn gepatrojn. Ŝi neniam
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Annihilation of Caste

by Dr B.R. Ambedkar ...

B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. Ambedkar - a figure like W.E.B. Du Bois - offers a scholarly critique of Hindu scriptures, scriptures that sanction a rigidly hierarchical and iniquitous social system. The world's best-known ... Read more

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B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. Ambedkar - a figure like W.E.B. Du Bois - offers a scholarly critique of Hindu scriptures, scriptures that sanction a rigidly hierarchical and iniquitous social system. The world's best-known
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The Jakarta Method

Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

by Vincent Bevins ...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the worldIn 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians—eliminating the ... Read more

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the worldIn 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians—eliminating the
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The Art of War (Translated by Ralph D. Sawyer)

Translated by Ralph D. Sawyer ...

by Sun Tzu ...

The definitive translation of Sun Tzu's timeless classic of military strategy, The Art of War**.**A quintessential guide to strategy, The Art of War has influenced leaders for over a thousand years. Beyond the battlefield, people have long turned to its wisdom for advice on succeeding in competitive situations, and companies worldwide now make this book required reading for their executives.Ralph ... Read more

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The definitive translation of Sun Tzu's timeless classic of military strategy, The Art of War**.**A quintessential guide to strategy, The Art of War has influenced leaders for over a thousand years. Beyond the battlefield, people have long turned to its wisdom for advice on succeeding in competitive situations, and companies worldwide now make this book required reading for their executives.Ralph
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Our Dear Friends in Moscow

The Inside Story of a Broken Generation

by Irina Borogan, Andrei Soldatov ...

**Two of Russia’s most prominent investigative journalists tell the "gripping" (Foreign Policy) story of how the hopes of their generation of optimistic Russians in the 1990s was replaced by autocracy, fear, and betrayalA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year**Our Dear Friends in Moscow tells the story of a group of young Russians, part of an idealistic generation who came of age in Moscow at the ... Read more

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**Two of Russia’s most prominent investigative journalists tell the "gripping" (Foreign Policy) story of how the hopes of their generation of optimistic Russians in the 1990s was replaced by autocracy, fear, and betrayalA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year**Our Dear Friends in Moscow tells the story of a group of young Russians, part of an idealistic generation who came of age in Moscow at the
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Secondhand Time

The Last of the Soviets

by Svetlana Alexievich ...

Translated by Bela Shayevich ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature**NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LOS ANGELES TIMESBOOK PRIZE WINNEROne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature**NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LOS ANGELES TIMESBOOK PRIZE WINNEROne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus
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Angkor and the Khmer Civilization

by Michael D. Coe, Damian Evans ...

An authoritative survey of Angkor and the Khmer civilization which incorporates revelations from new discoveries in the past decade that are rewriting history.The ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia has fascinated scholars and visitors alike since its rediscovery in the mid-nineteenth century. All are wonderstruck by the beauty and multiplicity of the sculptures that adorn its temples and ... Read more

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An authoritative survey of Angkor and the Khmer civilization which incorporates revelations from new discoveries in the past decade that are rewriting history.The ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia has fascinated scholars and visitors alike since its rediscovery in the mid-nineteenth century. All are wonderstruck by the beauty and multiplicity of the sculptures that adorn its temples and
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最後的使團：1795年荷蘭使團和一段被遺忘的中西相遇史

The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China

by 歐陽泰, Tonio Andrade, 黃中憲 ...

繼《火藥時代》、《決戰熱蘭遮》，史學家歐陽泰（Tonio Andrade）再挑戰世人對19世紀歐洲人的中國推論！小說般的流暢敘事、比小說更難以預料的過程和結局，揭露一段幾乎被世間遺忘的真實歷史故事。「1793年英國的馬戛爾尼勛爵帶來形形色色的禮物、大批藝術家、科學家和樂師、一組大膽的提議。他覺得這些提議若能實現，將有助於中英關係走上互蒙其利之路……」馬戛爾尼使華拒絕下跪磕頭、大清帝國面對歐洲外交使團迂腐僵化的形象幾乎眾所皆知，但是，真的是這樣嗎？歐洲人與中國的相遇並非都不歡而散，歐陽泰利用豐富的檔案資料，全面且多角度的呈現一個以詭計和戰爭為特點的時代。《最後的使團》講述1795年荷蘭使團經歷苦不堪言的跋涉來到北京，成為最後一個受到中國朝廷熱烈款待的歐洲外交代表團的故事。如此成功的使團，何以如今卻鮮為人知？甚至大清帝國與荷蘭使團的接洽過程，更揭露了一樁充滿戲劇性 ... Read more

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繼《火藥時代》、《決戰熱蘭遮》，史學家歐陽泰（Tonio Andrade）再挑戰世人對19世紀歐洲人的中國推論！小說般的流暢敘事、比小說更難以預料的過程和結局，揭露一段幾乎被世間遺忘的真實歷史故事。「1793年英國的馬戛爾尼勛爵帶來形形色色的禮物、大批藝術家、科學家和樂師、一組大膽的提議。他覺得這些提議若能實現，將有助於中英關係走上互蒙其利之路……」馬戛爾尼使華拒絕下跪磕頭、大清帝國面對歐洲外交使團迂腐僵化的形象幾乎眾所皆知，但是，真的是這樣嗎？歐洲人與中國的相遇並非都不歡而散，歐陽泰利用豐富的檔案資料，全面且多角度的呈現一個以詭計和戰爭為特點的時代。《最後的使團》講述1795年荷蘭使團經歷苦不堪言的跋涉來到北京，成為最後一個受到中國朝廷熱烈款待的歐洲外交代表團的故事。如此成功的使團，何以如今卻鮮為人知？甚至大清帝國與荷蘭使團的接洽過程，更揭露了一樁充滿戲劇性
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