A SECOND CHANCE: THE CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY’S BOOK THREE
Book ID/图书代码： 00111016B97459
English Summary/英文概要： Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don’t call it “time travel”—these historians “investigate major historical events in contemporary time.” And they aren’t your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets.
The Chronicles of St. Mary’s tells the chaotic adventures of Madeleine Maxwell and her compatriots—Director Bairstow, Leon “Chief” Farrell, Mr. Markham, and many more—as they travel through time, saving St. Mary’s (too often by the very seat of their pants) and thwarting time-travelling terrorists, all the while leaving plenty of time for tea.
In A Second Chance, it seems nothing can go right for Max and her fellow historians. The team confronts a mirror-stealing Isaac Newton and later witnesses how the ancient and bizarre cheese-rolling ceremony in Gloucester can result in CBC: Concussion By Cheese.
Finally, Max makes her long-awaited jump to Bronze Age Troy, only for it to end in personal catastrophe. And just when it seems things couldn’t get any worse, it’s back to the Cretaceous Period to confront an old enemy who has nothing to lose.
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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 重返圣玛丽，而对麦克斯来说真是屋漏偏逢连夜雨。
这次我们一睹从艾萨克•牛顿发明的反射式望远镜，到阿金库尔战役的血腥场面。发现一个简单的实地考察任务可以让你见证古代和凶残的重要人物，格洛斯特（英国西南部的港市）的摇滚节可能会导致脑震荡。期待已久的等待跳转到青铜器时代的特洛伊，以个人悲剧色彩作为终结，当一切看似无法挽回时，麦克斯又穿越来到了白垩纪时期，沦为要和宿敌对抗的一无所有者。
所以，泡个茶，拿上几块巧克力饼干，舒适地躺下，感叹为何整个历史系总是以悲剧收场。。。（Sandy）
Awards/获奖情况：“A carnival ride through laughter and tears with a bit of time travel thrown in for spice . . . readers will be impatient for later installments.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Taylor does a great job of setting up an appealing cast of characters in this new series opener, most especially the intrepid Max. There is plenty of humor, lots of action, and even a touch of romance.”—Library Journal
“Taylor has written a madcap and very funny hodgepodge of a novel whose pacing and humor is reminiscent of a Simon Pegg–Edgar Wright film.”—Booklist
“Danger, romance, history, financial and academic politics, hidden agendas, dangerous assignments, characters you care about, and the feeling that more is going on than you’re actually reading about. I can hardly wait for book two. Just One Damned Thing After Another is a true page-turner.”—SFRevu
“Just One Damned Thing After Another is a novel that wastes no time getting to the good stuff . . . if character-driven stories are your cup of tea, then you’ll find plenty to like. Max is hilarious, and I love her spirited and crafty nature.”—The Bibliosanctum
“What a mess. A glorious, glorious mess. Let no one ever say that Just One Damned Thing After Another is a book that fails to live up to its title . . . . These books are so perfectly bingeable.”—B&N Sci-fi Blog
About the Author/作者介绍： Jodi Taylor is, and always has been, a history nut. Her Chronicles of St. Mary’s, a wild mix of history, adventure, comedy, romance, tragedy, and anything else the author could think of, began as a self-published book called Just One Damned Thing After Another. It’s now a bestselling, wildly addictive series.
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