FAME BY CHANCE

Book ID/图书代码： 02890010B37457

English Summary/英文概要： All over the world there are places that became famous forever because something extraordinary happened there by chance. Beautifully illustrated and carefully researched Fame By Chance covers 380 such places with new insights and facts that are amusing, surprising and sometimes controversial. Foreword by Peter Ackroyd. All over the world there are places that became famous forever by chance - battles briefly waged, scenes of triumph and disater, sites of murder and intrigue, centres of influential creativity and noted mythical places from books and film. How and why did; Angora, Tabasco, Duffel and Fray Bentos give us products good and bad; Kohima’s tennis court save India; Storyville’s 269 brothels helped it to create jaz; Botany Bay never saw any British convicts; Tay Bridge was a disaster avoided by Marx and Engels; ’OK’ stands for a farmhouse; Ferrari chose the ’Prancing Horse of Maranello’; Kyoto was saved from Hiroshoma’s terrible fate; The British built the Great Hedge of India; With 432 pages beautifully illustrated and carefully researched Fame By Chance covers 380 such places with new insights and facts that are amusing, surprising and sometimes controversial.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 世界各地总有这样一些地方因为偶然发生的不寻常事件而流芳百世。《偶然之名》配有精美的插图，详细研究了380个类似的地方，提出全新的见解，解说有趣、震惊甚至富有争议的事实。本书由彼得•阿克罗伊德作序。世界各地也有一些地方因为偶然而闻名于世——突发的战争、胜利和灾难的场面、谋杀和阴谋的案发现场、重要发明的中心以及只有在图书和电影中出现的著名的神秘地点；安哥拉、塔巴斯科、达菲尔和弗赖本托斯是如何以及为什么将好与坏统统带给我们；科希马网球场拯救了印度；斯托里韦维的269个妓院推动了爵士乐的诞生；博塔尼湾从未见证过任何英国罪犯；泰桥因为马克思和恩格斯避免了一场灾难；“OK”代表了一个农家小屋；法拉利选择了“玛拉内洛的跃马”；京都从广岛可怕的命运中幸存下来；大不列颠建造了伟大的印度城墙。整整432页精美插图和详细的研究使得覆盖380个如上所述的地方的《偶然之名》站在全新的视角讲述令人惊异而富有争议的事实。(兼职翻译-JDM)

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