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作者简介: Jay Winik is the author of the New York Times bestseller April 1865. He is a senior scholar of history and public policy at the University of Maryland and a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He lives in Chevy Chase. 主要内容 It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile脆弱的 America teetered摇摆不定 on the brink边缘 of oblivion隐没, Russia towered屹立 as a vast巨大的 imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional惯例的 histories tell it, none of these remarkable卓越的 events occurred in isolation.Now, for the first time, acclaimed historian Jay Winik masterfully技艺娴熟的 illuminates阐明 how their fates 命运combined in one extraordinary特别的 moment to change the course of civilization. A sweeping广泛的, magisterial威风的 drama featuring特征的 the richest cast of characters ever to walk upon the world stage, including Washington, Jefferson, Louis XVI路易十六, Robespierre,罗伯斯庇尔 and Catherine the Great凯萨琳大帝（德意志）, The Great Upheaval is a gripping扣人心弦的, epic portrait 人物刻画of this tumultuous混乱的 decade that will forever transform the way we see Americas beginnings and our world. 媒体评论 In this masterful book, Jay Winik sheds new light on a tumultuous decade rife with lessons for today.--Walter Isaacson About Jay Winik Jay Winik, one of the nations leading historians, is renowned for his gifted and creative approaches to history. He is the author of The New York Times and #1 bestseller April 1865 (2001), which received wide international acclaim and became an award-wining documentary on the History Channel, watched by 20 million viewers. One of those rare books to be considered an instant classic, and frequently described by readers as “one of the best works of history” they’ve ever read, April 1865 was chosen by the New York Public Library for its prestigious “Books to Remember 2001,” awarded to the year’s most “exceptional fiction and nonfiction titles.” It was also the recipient of the first Walt Whitman Civi