Taiwan: A History of Agonies was a guiding light in the hearts of intellectuals in Taiwan in the dark days under martial law with no trace of freedom of speech. No sooner had the original version in J
您可以戴起眼鏡,嚴肅的考究最正確的台灣史實;或者啜飲一杯咖啡,在書中體驗探險的旅程,讓戰地文學陪伴您度過悠閒的午茶時光。本書作者豪士(Edward H. House),是一位久居日本的美國記者,在牡丹社事件期間跟著日本軍隊來到臺灣,親身參與日本出兵臺灣的採訪,返回日本後根據日、清兩國的外交資料,加上親身經歷撰寫The Japanese Expedition to Formosa,隔年以《征臺紀事》