Thames: Sacred River
出版时间:
2008-08
版次:
1
ISBN:
9780099422556
定价:
237.30
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
其他
页数:
512页
正文语种:
英语
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JustasPeterAckroyd'sbestsellingLondonisthebiographyofthecity,Thames:SacredRiveristhebiographyoftheriver,fromseatosource.Exploringitshistoryfromprehistorictimestothepresentday,thereaderisdrawnintoanextraordinaryworld,learningaboutthefishesthatswamintheriverandtheboatsthatplieditssurface;aboutfloodsandtides;hauntingsandsuicides;miasmasandmalaria;locks,weirsandembankments;bridges,docksandpalaces.PeterAckroydhasageniusfordiggingoutthemostsurprisingandentertainingdetails,andforwritingabouttheminthemostmagisterialprose;theresultisawonderfullyreadableandcaptivatingguidetothisextraordinaryriverandthetownsandvillageswhichlineit. PeterAckroydwasbornandbroughtupinLondon,wherehestilllives.Aprolificprize-winningnovelist,historianandbiographer,hehasaCBEforservicestoliterature.Hisground-breakingbookLondon:thebiographyhasspawnedmanyimitators;Thames:SacredRiverisinthesameleague,equallyinnovative,idiosyncraticandwide-ranging.London:thebiographysold125,000copiesinChattohardbackand250,000copiesinVintagepaperback.Firstpublishedin2000,itisstillgoingstrong,selling10,000copiesin2006and15,000copiesin2005.
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内容简介:
JustasPeterAckroyd'sbestsellingLondonisthebiographyofthecity,Thames:SacredRiveristhebiographyoftheriver,fromseatosource.Exploringitshistoryfromprehistorictimestothepresentday,thereaderisdrawnintoanextraordinaryworld,learningaboutthefishesthatswamintheriverandtheboatsthatplieditssurface;aboutfloodsandtides;hauntingsandsuicides;miasmasandmalaria;locks,weirsandembankments;bridges,docksandpalaces.PeterAckroydhasageniusfordiggingoutthemostsurprisingandentertainingdetails,andforwritingabouttheminthemostmagisterialprose;theresultisawonderfullyreadableandcaptivatingguidetothisextraordinaryriverandthetownsandvillageswhichlineit.
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作者简介:
PeterAckroydwasbornandbroughtupinLondon,wherehestilllives.Aprolificprize-winningnovelist,historianandbiographer,hehasaCBEforservicestoliterature.Hisground-breakingbookLondon:thebiographyhasspawnedmanyimitators;Thames:SacredRiverisinthesameleague,equallyinnovative,idiosyncraticandwide-ranging.London:thebiographysold125,000copiesinChattohardbackand250,000copiesinVintagepaperback.Firstpublishedin2000,itisstillgoingstrong,selling10,000copiesin2006and15,000copiesin2005.
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