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作为欧洲乃至世界历史上举足轻重的一员，德意志的历史令人着迷。她是如何摆脱“蛮族”的身份，登上文明世界的舞台？又如何陷入继承罗马帝国、统治世界的迷梦而不能自拔？她又是怎样摆脱神权政治的重负，并在诸侯权力的纷争中构建起强大的民族国家？而这样一个国力强盛、文化昌明的国家，又为什么会走向对外扩张、纳粹独裁的深渊？在经历了两次大战的苦难之后，这个国家怎样重新把自己定位为欧洲的德国，再度拥抱世界？ 本书将“德意志人如何在民族主义与世界主义之间寻求自身定位”作为核心问题，清晰地勾勒出德意志民族、国家的发展轨迹，并附有丰富的地图和插图、原始史料、大事记与进一步阅读书目，为读者提供了德意志历史的鸟瞰式全景。

Queen Elizabeth I and England’s First Spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham’s official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England’s first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth’s rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her. Though he cut an incongruous figure in Elizabeth’s worldly court, Walsingham managed to win the trust of key players like William Cecil and the Earl of Leicester before launching his own secret campaign against the queen’s enemies. Covert operations were Walsingham’s genius; he pioneered techniques for exploiting double agents, spreading disinformation, and deciphering codes with the latest code-breaking science that remain staples of international espionage.