THE DISINHERITED: A STORY OF FAMILY, LOVE AND BETRAYAL

Book ID/图书代码： 02000013B65707

English Summary/英文概要： In the small hours of the morning of 3 June 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. It was only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later that the full story emerged. The man, Henry Sackville-West, had shot himself minutes after the death of his wife from cancer; but Henry’s suicidal despair had been driven equally by the failure of his claim to be the legitimate son of Lord Sackville and heir to Knole. The Disinherited reveals the secrets and lies at the heart of an English dynasty,unravelling the parallel lives of Henri’s four illegitimate siblings: in particular his older sister,Victoria, who on becoming Lady Sackville and mistress of Knole, by marriage,consigned her brothers and sisters to lives of poverty and disappointment.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1914年6月3日上午的短短数个小时内，人们在巴黎一间凌乱的公寓内发现了一名女子和她丈夫的尸体。两周后，英国媒体确认了这对夫妇的身份，至此，故事才缓缓浮出水面。男子名为亨利•萨克维尔•韦斯特，在其妻子因癌症而离世后的短短几分钟内，他用一把枪结束了自己的生命；据称，促使亨利绝望自杀的还有另一个同样重要的原因：他希望能够摆脱萨克维尔公爵私生子的身份并获得诺尔的继承权，然而却以失败而告终。《继承剥夺》揭开了英国历史上一个王朝核心地带的秘密与谎言，以平行的方式为我们同步展开与亨利有着同样命运的四名非婚生兄妹的命运与生活：尤其是长女维多利亚，她通过成为诺尔的情妇而获得了萨克维尔夫人的地位，通过婚姻迫使她的兄弟姐妹们陷入贫穷与绝望的境地。（DC）

Awards/获奖情况：‘对于一个伟大家族的详尽讲述。。。。。。全新的细节描述、奇闻异事、家族丑闻，作者以令人耳目一新的方式向我们娓娓道来。。。。。。总而言之，这是一个十分有趣的故事，精彩绝伦！’《文学评论》

‘十分令人惊艳。。。。。。萨克维尔•韦斯特先生的作品总是气势十足，全书每一个选词都恰到好处，可谓每页都令人读来兴趣盎然。’ A N 威尔森, 《乡村生活》

‘机智，英国气息十足，干脆利落，诗歌般轻快的气息都使得读者们不仅想要更多的了解诺尔（不论他对于贵族阶层持有着怎样的态度），更想要随着他一同进入故事中的世界。。。。。。十分引人入胜。”《周日电讯报》

‘优雅且不乏历史史实。”《卫报》

‘A definitive account of a great house and family ... refreshingly told with much new detail, anecdote and scandal ... a gripping read, as good as a novel ... Remarkable’Literary Review on Inheritance

‘Astounding ... Mr Sackville-West writes with great panache ... Not a word is wasted and every page is full of interest’ A N Wilson, Country Life

‘Witty, English and crisp, with a poetic lilt that not only makes one want to read about Knole (whatever one’s views on aristocracy) but move in ... Gripping’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Graceful and thoroughly researched’ Guardian

About the Author/作者介绍： 罗伯特•萨克维尔•韦斯特曾于牛津大学学习历史，毕业后在出版社工作，后于1985年成立了杜肯图书出版社，主要从事国际市场的非虚构小说作品的插图版本的出版发行。作者现已将自己的事业与诺尔庄园合并，所成立的资产投资公司确保诺尔萨克维尔家的运营管理。2008年，他与妻子还有三个孩子搬入了萨克维尔家族居住了长达400年之久的宅邸中。有关于诺尔和萨克维尔家族遗产的丰富且精彩的历史故事已于2010年出版发行。

After studying History at Oxford University, Robert Sackville-West worked in publishing, founding Toucan Books in 1985, which creates illustrated non-fiction books for an international market. He now combines that with chairing Knole Estates, the property and investment company which runs the Sackville family’s interests at Knole. In 2008, he and his wife and three children moved in the house, which has been occupied by the Sackville family for 400 years. The incredible history of Knole and the Sackville family, Inheritance, was published in 2010.

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