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1、作者简介:JayWinikistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesbestsellerApril1865.HeisaseniorscholarofhistoryandpublicpolicyattheUniversityofMarylandandaregularcontributortoTheWallStreetJournalandTheNewYorkTimes.HelivesinChevyChase.主要内容Itisanerathatredefinedhistory.Asthe1790sbeg
2、an,afragile脆弱的Americateetered摇摆不定onthebrink边缘ofoblivion隐没,Russiatowered屹立asavast巨大的imperialpower,andFranceplungedintorevolution.Butincontrasttothewayconventional惯例的historiestellit,noneoftheseremarkable卓越的eventsoccurredinisolation.Now,forthefirsttime,acclaime
3、dhistorianJayWinikmasterfully技艺娴熟的illuminates阐明howtheirfates命运combinedinoneextraordinary特别的momenttochangethecourseofcivilization.Asweeping广泛的,magisterial威风的dramafeaturing特征的therichestcastofcharactersevertowalkupontheworldstage,includingWashington,Jefferson,L
4、ouisXVI路易十六,Robespierre,罗伯斯庇尔andCatherinetheGreat凯萨琳大帝(德意志),TheGreatUpheavalisagripping扣人心弦的,epicportrait人物刻画ofthistumultuous混乱的decadethatwillforevertransformthewayweseeAmerica'sbeginningsandourworld.媒体评论"Inthismasterfulbook,JayWinikshedsnewlightonatumultuou
5、sdecaderifewithlessonsfortoday."--WalterIsaacsonAboutJayWinikJayWinik,oneofthenation'sleadinghistorians,isrenownedforhisgiftedandcreativeapproachestohistory.HeistheauthorofTheNewYorkTimesand#1bestsellerApril1865(2001),whichreceivedwideinternationalacclaimand
6、becameanaward-winingdocumentaryontheHistoryChannel,watchedby20millionviewers.Oneofthoserarebookstobeconsideredaninstantclassic,andfrequentlydescribedbyreadersas“oneofthebestworksofhistory”they’veeverread,April1865waschosenbytheNewYorkPublicLibraryforitsprest
7、igious“BookstoRemember2001,”awardedtotheyear’smost“exceptionalfictionandnonfictiontitles.”ItwasalsotherecipientofthefirstWaltWhitmanCivilWarRoundtableAwardin2002.AregularcontributorforhistorytoTheWallStreetJournal,Winik’swritingalsoappearsfrequentlyinTheNewY
8、orkTimesandTheWashingtonPost. Afrequenttelevisionandradioguest,healsoregularlyappearsinmajorhistoricaldocumentariesontheHistoryChannel. Previously,hehadadistinguishedgovernmentcareerinforeignpol