Gladiator: A Memory of a Brutal History

Author: Gao Fujin, Hou Hongying
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: The purpose of the "New Horizons Library" is to provide readers with a "time tunnel" to "travel through time and immerse themselves in history." In the selected publications, we can glimpse: from the inner courts of ancient Egyptian pharaohs to the Roman arenas where gladiators spilled blood, from witches' gatherings in wild forests to the "hippie" communes in modern metropolises, from the Bohemian lifestyle of unrestrained freedom to the romance between medieval knights and noblewomen, from the forced smiles and tragic tears of Japanese geisha to the cruelty and atrocities of Nazi Germany. Through the meticulous portrayal of social and historical life scenes and the vivid depiction of historical group activities, readers are enriched in their understanding of world civilization and world culture. The authors of the "New Horizons Library" are mostly middle-aged scholars with specialized knowledge or young scholars who have spent ten years studying to obtain a doctorate. To present these historical details in an accessible, engaging, and entertaining manner, they adopt a scientific attitude of organizing historical materials and verifying facts, combined with their own life experiences and imagination. They revise and refine their writing repeatedly for each passage and travel far and wide in search of illustrations, resulting in beautifully bound, richly illustrated books presented to readers.