GRANDMAMA OF EUROPE: THE CROWNED DESCENDANTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA
Book ID/图书代码: 00530014B75997
English Summary/英文概要: Ever since the instant success of his first book The Golden Bees: The Story of the Bonapartes, Theo Aronson has steadily built up his reputation as an historical biographer specializing in the Royal Houses of Europe. Among his many widely read books are Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story, Crowns in Conflict: The Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy 1910-1918 and The King in Love: Edward VII’s Mistresses.
His books have been published in Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland and Belgium; in paperback, in book club editions and in serialization.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 这部从大不列颠第二个黄金时代,即伊丽莎白之后的维多利亚时代起的第一部荟萃了维多利亚女王时代的欧洲皇室历史:其中包含了波拿巴的故事,在西奥的这部著作中不仅囊括了拿破仑与约瑟芬的情感纠葛,还有欧洲历史最为重要的一节篇章,那就是自1910年至1918年的欧洲皇室争斗,还有爱德华七世和他的情人们的故事……(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况:’I found it totally absorbing... a thoroughly enjoyable book from start to finish.’ Auberon Waugh, The Independent
About the Author/作者介绍: 西奥•阿伦森是为数不多的一位能获得皇室认可的一位传记作者。作为一位拉脱维亚的犹太店主儿子,他出生在南非的柯克伍德,与奈杰尔•霍桑在开普敦大学求学之前,曾就读于伊丽莎白港高中。在约翰内斯堡,他和J.Walter Thompson成为了一名商业广告艺术家,随后搬到了伦敦,在那里他还做过兼职服务员。西奥从学生时代起就对皇室充满了兴趣。1947年他在柯克伍德岔道,目睹了当时的英国国王和王后,以及伊丽莎白和玛格丽特公主,被当时人群中伊丽莎白公主的超凡魅力所吸引。几年后,他前往汉普郡的法恩伯勒的圣米迦勒修道院,瞻仰了拿破仑三世的陵墓后,决定从此励志撰写有关皇室的传记。
由于其文笔娴熟细致,文风雅致幽默,遂即逐渐成为皇室忠实的记录者,甚至被是视作为是皇室的铁杆仰慕者。他对很多皇室成员做过访问,其中包括,阿斯隆的伯爵夫人,爱丽丝公主(1981年,在其逝世后不久所发表的传记),皇太后,和玛格丽特公主,以及几个宫廷侍臣。这位短小精干的男人所醉心地聆听着所有的这些受访的者的陈述,在互动中,轻微地阿谀之词之间,而绝非是沉闷地恭维。
作者身前共著有23本书,在塞默塞特郡的弗罗姆去世,享年73岁。
Theo Aronson is the author of over twenty works of royal historical biography, published in eleven languages. Among the widely read are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, Napoleon and Josephine and a biography of Princess Margaret. In the course of researching and writing these books he has interviewed major and minor members of Britain’s royal family and members of the royal households, as well as various officials, servants, friends and others whose lives are in some way connected with the monarchy.
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