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Books by 奥兰多·费吉斯
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The Crimean War: The Forgotten Struggle of Empires 克里米亚战争：被遗忘的帝国博弈
In 1853, Tsar Nicholas I used a religious dispute as a pretext to invade the Danubian Principalities, in what is now Romania. The Ottoman Empire, struggling to maintain its dwindling influence in Europe, soon declared war on Russia, followed by Britain, which feared Russian expansion, and French Emperor Napoleon III, who sought to restore France’s former glory. The Crimean War lasted 18 months, caused enormous loss of life, and radically reshaped Europe’s political landscape. It also profoundly
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Inventing Europeans: The Birth of Modernity and the Shaping of European Culture (Ideal Country Translation Series, No. 060) 创造欧洲人：现代性的诞生与欧洲文化的形塑 （理想国译丛060）
On June 13, 1846, the Paris-Brussels railway opened. At the invitation of Baron Rothschild, the company's owner, 1,500 passengers boarded the inaugural train. Among them were the Dukes of Nemours and Montpensier, sons of King Louis-Philippe I of France, French and Belgian officials, and such celebrated figures as Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Théophile Gautier, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. During the journey, Hector Berlioz conducted an orchestra performing his Grande symphonie funèbre et
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