WITCH HAMMER
Book ID/图书代码： 00530011B47351
English Summary/英文概要： When you’re tired of Cambridge, you’re tired of life. Kit Marlowe, scholar of Corpus Christi college and intelligencer for Francis Walsingham, the Queen’s spymaster, takes to the road for the third in the series about the crash-and-burn over-reacher who took the Elizabethan world by storm.
Kit joins Lord Strange’s acting troupe on tour in Warwickshire and is drawn into a dark and terrifying world in the most haunted county in the kingdom. The company’s actor-manager, Ned Sledd, is found brutally murdered and all the signs point to black magic.
Spying for her Majesty, working for his Cambridge degree and solving grisly murders on the road, Marlowe is a walking target for the witches of Meon Hill. Can the forces of light defeat the Dark One? And can the country bumpkin from Stratford called Will Shaksper be all he seems?
There is something in Witch Hammer for everyone. Wry humour, witches, theatre, intrigue, murder but most of all an impeccable evocation of Elizabethan time and place. Watch out for the characters in the Marlowe series and see if you can spot the real from the imaginary – it’s not as easy as you might think!
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当你厌倦了剑桥，厌倦了生活时，牛津大学基督圣体学院学者、间谍组织首脑弗兰西斯•沃尔辛海姆爵士的情报员、女王的王牌间谍Kit Marlowe在Marlowe系列丛书的第三部中又开始了英雄之路，这是一部描写敢于与敌人同归于尽的英雄如何征服伊丽莎白世界的系列丛书。
Kit在沃里克郡旅行途中加入了Lord Strange表演团，并被卷入了一个恐怖的黑暗世界，这个世界位于王国最具灵异色彩的地方。公司的演员兼剧团总监Ned Sledd突然之间被残忍杀害，所有的迹象都表明他死于黑魔法。
Marlowe在为陛下获取情报、努力获取剑桥学位的同时又不断解决途中遇到的恐怖谋杀事件，从而成为Meon山女巫的谋杀目标。光明能否战胜黑暗？来自斯坦福的乡巴佬Will Shaksper又能否成为自己想要成为的人呢？
对于每位读者而言，《女巫之槌》总有你想要的东西---------讽刺性幽默、女巫、戏剧、阴谋、谋杀，最重要的是这本书完美再现了伊丽莎白时代的风土人情。关注Marlowe系列丛书中的角色，看你是否能够从虚构世界中发现真实-------这本书可不像你想象得那么简单!(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“读者们将会在书中读到引自莎士比亚作品的语句，在感受Marlowe的英雄形象和其对手的鲜明特点时享受到阅读的乐趣。这是一部情节曲折、颇具灵异色彩的谋杀小说。”《出版人周刊》
“这本书中有引自莎士比亚的典故、有趣的历史参考资料、血腥的暴力画面以及女巫的罪恶行径，是一本极佳的娱乐读物。但这本书不适合那些内心脆弱的读者。”
“Readers will have fun recognizing the many quotations from William Shakespeare, Marlowe’s idol and later his rival, in this complex yet engrossing tale of superstition and murder.”
Publishers Weekly
"Clever allusions to Shakespeare, intriguing historical references, graphic violence, and unholy witch-doings make for an entertaining, satisfying read, although not one for the faint of heart."
About the Author/作者介绍： M .J.Trow在多部作品中将自己描述成唯一不会唱歌和打橄榄球的威尔士人。他相继毕业于伦敦国王学院和剑桥大学国王学院，是一名训练有素的军事史学家。他一生中的大部分时间都在不同的综合性学校任教，这给他创作虚构侦探Peter Maxwell（“疯狂的Max”）带来了灵感。
M .J.Trow的第一部侦探系列小说出版于1985年，主角是Lestrade探长，这部小说晚于柯南•道尔的同名侦探记。这位世界上第二伟大的侦探长在解决了十六起血腥谋杀案后便洗手不干了。
在另一部侦探小说中，“疯狂的Max”平时是一名历史教师，周末担任私家侦探一职。他总共处理了十四起离奇案件，每一起都既幽默又悲伤。
M.J.Trow在小说《英伦小霸王》中揭露了Craig和Bentley案件的真相，帮助Derek Bentley洗清了罪名。而后出版的《棚屋谋杀案》和《多面开膛手》以传统手法叙述了了六十年以来发生的屠杀案件。
Trow的纯人物传记作品一直以展现真实著称。在《Kit Marlowe》、《穿刺王伏勒德》和《布迪卡和克努特》等小说中，Trow不仅仅使他笔下的角色栩栩如生，也赋予了时代生命。
M.J.Trow还是一名经验丰富的影子作家和研究人员，他和妻子一起住在怀特岛的维多利亚郊区牧师屋中，他最近出版的书籍在儿子的帮助下完成，他的儿子所获得的学位比他还要多！
M.J.Trow还是一名才华横溢的画家，他很多小说的封面都是由自己创作的。并且他在传记中自己起草地图，写注释。在美国和英国，他曾举过行不少成功的演说。
他最近的电视节目包括：历史频道远古发现纪录片系列三和系列四；为一些公司和栏目所做的《开膛手杰克》的访谈；历史频道的斯巴达克斯节目；由恩德莫公司制作、和Nick Ross合作的犯罪频道节目《黑色博物馆》；《穿刺王伏勒德》的真实恐怖系列照片。
M .J.Trow bills himself in many of his books as the only Welshman who cannot sing or play rugby. A military historian by training, graduating from King’s College, London and Cambridge, he has spent most years of his life at the chalk face of comprehensive schools which has given him the inspiration for his latest fictional detective Peter ‘Mad Max’ Maxwell.
The first detective series appeared in 1985 in the form of Inspector Lestrade, late of the Conan Doyle canon and after sixteen hilarious, bloody and intriguing outings, the world’s second greatest detective hung up his bowler … or did he?
In fiction, Mad Max, history teacher by day, private detective by weekend, has now solved 14 bizarre cases, each with its own brand of humour and sadness.
Wearing his true crime hat, M.J.Trow took the lid off the Craig and Bentley case with Let Him Have It which helped in the long fight to clear Derek Bentley’s name. The Wigwam Murder and The Many Faces of Jack the Ripper followed, examining slaughter across sixty decades in the classic tradition.
Turning to pure biography, Trow has earned a reputation as a scholar who peels away legend to reveal the truth. In topics as diverse as Kit Marlowe, Vlad the IMpaler, Boudicca and Cnut, he succeeds in bringing to life not only the central characters, but their times.
An experienced ghost writer and researcher, he lives with his wife, also a writer, in a Victorian vicarage in the Isle of Wight and has been aided in his recent fact books by his son, who now, irritatingly enough, has one more degree than his father!
A talented artist as well as writer, M.J.Trow has designed the covers for many of his novels and more recently has drafted maps and line illustrations for his biographies. He has also lectured with great success in Britain and the USA.
Recent TV work includes Ancient Discoveries Series 3 and 4 for Wild Dream on History Channel; Jack the Ripper for several companies and channels; Spartacus for History Channel; the Black Museum with Nick Ross made by Endemol for the Crime Channel; Vlad the Impaler and Frankenstein for Hardy Pictures’ True Horror Series.
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