马丁·吉尔伯特是当代英国最重要的历史学家之一,一生极为多产,著书多达60余种。他曾于1968年被指定为丘吉尔的官方传记作者,并因此而名声大噪。1999年11月,新旧世纪之交,马丁·吉尔伯特的巨著《二十世纪世界史》终于由哈珀柯林斯公司出齐,实为一件壮举。中文版由陕西师大出版社炮制,三卷六册,洋洋280万字。 Martin Gilbert is one of the most important historians in contemporary England. His life is extremely prolific with more than 60 kinds of books. He was acclaimed in 1968 as the official biographer of Churchill. In November 1999, at the turn of the century and the new century, Martin Gilbert’s great book World History of the Twentieth Century finally came out to be a feat with Harper Collins. Chinese version of Shaanxi Normal University Press concocted three volumes six volumes, ocean 2.8 million words.