NewYork:TheNovel

作者 Edward Rutherfurd著
出版社 BallantineBooks
出版时间 2010年9月
ISBN 9780345497420
定价 158.00

内容简介

WinneroftheDavidJ.Langum,Sr.,PrizeinAmericanHistoricalFictionNamedoneofthebestbooksoftheyearby"TheWashingtonPost"and"RequiredReading"bythe"NewYorkPost"EdwardRutherfurdcelebratesAmerica'sgreatestcityinarich,engrossingsaga,weavingtogethertalesoffamiliesrichandpoor,native-bornandimmigrant--acastoffictionalandtruecharacterswhosefatesriseandfallandriseagainwiththecity'sfortunes.FromthisintimateperspectiveweseeNewYork'shumblebeginningsasatinyIndianfishingvillage,thearrivalofDutchandBritishmerchants,theRevolutionaryWar,theemergenceofthecityasagreattradingandfinancialcenter,theconvulsionsoftheCivilWar,theexcessesoftheGildedAge,theexplosionofimmigrationinthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies,thetrialsofWorldWarII,theneardemiseofNewYorkinthe1970sanditsroaringrebirthinthe1990s,andtheattackontheWorldTradeCenter.Astirringmixofbattle,romance,familystruggles,andpersonaltriumphs,NewYork:TheNovelgloriouslycapturesthesearchforfreedomandopportunityattheheartofournation'shistory.

作者简介

EdwardRutherfurdwasborninSalisbury,England,andeducatedatCambridgeUniversityandStanfordUniversityinCalifornia.Hisfirstbestsellingnovel,Sarum,isbasedonthehistoryofSalisburyandStonehenge.Russka,hissecondnovel,recountedthesweepinghistoryofRussia.Londontellsthetwo-thousand-yearstoryofthegreatcity,bringingalloftherichnessofLondon’spastunforgettablytolife.TheForestwassetinEngland'sancient“NewForest.”AformerresidentofLondonandNewYorkCity,EdwardRutherfurdhashadahomeinDublinformorethantenyears.Hehastwochildren.

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