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John Julius Norwich is the author of more than a dozen books on Norman Sicily, the Sahara, Mount Athos and the Venetian and Byza
John Julius Norwich is the author of more than a dozen books on Norman Sicily, the Sahara, Mount Athos and the Venetian and Byza
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John Julius Norwich is the author of more than a dozen books on Norman Sicily, the Sahara, Mount Athos and the Venetian and Byzantine empires. Yet even his immense knowledge is not euough to keep his latest chronicle--of 5, 000 years of Mediterranean history—from appearing somewhat lopsided.
Lord Norwich’s first test, he notes in his introduction to The Middle Sea, was to compensate for an ignorance of Spain. He records that he was fortuitously invited to dinner by "my dear friend" the Spanish ambassador to London and "a few weeks later there came an invitation for nay wife and me to spend ten days in Spain. " It is hard to believe that was all the effort he made, for he acquits himself well, even in the convoluted diplomacy that ended in the war of the Spanish succession.
Lord Norwich’s second task was to strike a balance over time. The Middle Sea reaches from ancient Egypt to the first world war. Like many long, chronological narratives, it becomes progressively more detailed, though it is debatable whether this is a good thing. Few people have changed the region as much as the Romans, yet their republic’s five centuries get only a page more than the great siege of Gibraltar which began in 1779.
Lord Norwich’s final, and arguably most important, challenge is the area that is most likely to engage modern readers: the intermittent, but frequently savage, conflict between Muslims and Christians. Impatient with the notion, echoed most recently and disastrously by Pope Benedict, that the Koran sanctions the spreading of Islam by the sword, Lord Norwich is no Islamophobe. He is hostile to the Crusades and fulsome in his praise of that traditional Western schoolbook villain, Saladi.
Yet his account remains disappointingly focused from Christendom outwards. It is true that Muslims do appear in his book—usually in battle—but they rarely speak. Only two items in the 170-volume bibliography are by Arab scholars and only one is by a Turk. This is unabashedly history of the old school: Eurocentric (Octavian, the author declares without irony, was the "undisputed master of the known world") and largely uninterested in what other economic, social and technological changes may have shaped events.
What fires Lord Norwich is recounting the doings of princes and preachers, warriors, courtiers and courtesans. And he does it with consummate skill. He spices his nan-ative liberally with entertaining anecdotes, deft portraits and brisk judgments. Aristotle, for example, is given short shrift as "one of the most reactionary. intellectuals that ever lived". Lord Norwich’s control of his vast and complex subject matter is masterly. And the subject matter itself is as colourful as history can get. No sooner have readers bidden farewell to a short, fat, dissolute sultan, Selim the Sot, than they encounter the "piratical Uskoks, a heterogeneous, but exceedingly troublesome community". Although few will resist the temptation to keep turning the pages, readers will close this monumental work exhilarated and informed, but with plenty of questions still unanswered.
Which of the following is INCORRECT about The Middle Sea?
选项
A、There should be more pages about the Romans.
B、Lord Norwich writes quite well for the part of Spain.
C、Lord Norwich holds a negative attitde to the Crnsades.
D、Norwich agrees with Pope Benedict on the spreading of Islam.
答案
D
解析
细节题。由The Middle Sea定位至第二段,末句中的he acquits himself well表明尽管作者认为对于西班牙那部分Lord Norwich所作努力不多,但写得很出色,[B]符合文意;第三段末句指出Few people have changed the region as much as the Romans,yet their republic’s five centuries get only a page more than the great siege of Gibraltar which began in 1779,可见作者认为有关罗马人的内容应该多些,[A]符合文意;第四段末句中的He is hostile to the Crusades与[C]含义相同。该段第二句指出Impatient with the notion,echoed most recently and disastrously by Pope Benedict,that the Koran sanctions the spreading of Islam by the sword,Lord Norwich is no Islamophobe,从句中的Impatient with the notion可以看出,Lord Norwich对教皇关于the spreading of Islam的观点不认同,[D]与之矛盾,故为答案。
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