商品簡介
"Many of the world's most important historical figures were imprisoned for holding unpopular or heretical beliefs. Some used their time behind bars to write books that shaped the course of history. This collection of new essays offers a wide-ranging examination of influential works written--in whole or in part--while their authors were in prison or exile"--
作者簡介
J. Ward Regan, Ph.D., has taught history and philosophy at New York University’s Liberal Studies program since 1993, and has lectured widely on American and European history through the New York Council for the Humanities. He lives in Brooklyn.