A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya

图书标准信息

• 作者 David、Linda Schele 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 1992-01
• ISBN 9780688112042
• 定价 252.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 544页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TherecentinterpretationofMayahieroglyphshasgivenusthefirstwrittenhistoryoftheNewWorldasitexistedbeforetheEuropeaninvasion.Inthisbook,twoofthefirstcentralfiguresinthemassiveefforttodecodetheglyphs,LindaScheleandDavidFreidel,makethishistoryavailableinallitsdetail.AForestofKingsisthestoryofMayakingship,fromthebeginningofitsinstitutionandthefirstgreatpyramidbuilderstwothousandyearsagotothedeclineofMayacivilizationanditsdestructionbytheSpanish.Herethegreathistoricrulersofpre-Columbiancivilizationcometolifeagainwiththedeciphermentoftheirwriting.Atitsheight,Mayacivilization...

【作者简介】

DanielMendelsohnAnaccomplishedauthor,reporter,andliterarycritic,DanielMendelsohnhasgarneredhiswidestacclaimtodateforTheLost:ASearchforSixofSixMillion--thestoryofhissearchforthetruthbehindhisfamily'stragicpastinWorldWarII.BiographyDanielMendelsohnwasbornonLongIslandandeducatedattheUniversityofVirginiaandatPrinceton.HeisafrequentcontributortoTheNewYorkReviewofBooksaswellasTheNewYorkTimesMagazineandTheNewYorkTimesBookReview,andisacontributingeditoratTravel+Leisure.Hisfirstbook,TheElusiveEmbrace,wasnamedaNewYorkTimesNotableBookoftheYearandaLosAngelesTimesBestBookoftheYear.HeteachesatBardCollege.AuthorbiographycourtesyofHarperCollins.GoodToKnowSomeinterestingouttakesfromourinterviewwithMendelsohn:"IwatchtonsofTVandamaddictedtoanX-BoxgamecalledStarWarsJediOutcast.I'monlevel18with6togo.""SinceImovedtoNewYorkin1994I'vebelongedtoamovieclubcalledtheSchlockers,thatgoeseachweektoseetheworstmovieoftheweek.""Igosooftenandsoearlytothe25thStreetfleamarketthatpeopletherethinkI'manantiquesdealer.""IfIunwound,Iwouldn'tgetanythingdone."Hometown:NewYork,NewYorkDateofBirth:四月16,1960PlaceofBirth:NewYork,NewYorkEducation:B.A.,Classics,UniversityofVirginia,1982;M.A.,Classics,PrincetonUniversity,1989;Ph.D.,1994Website:http://www.danielmendelsohn.com