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Katherine of Alexandria, brought up as a nomad and living in the desert, was aged just 11 when Emperor Maxentius saw her whilst out on patrol. Consumed by her beauty, impudence and uncanny talent for languages, he abducted the child, killing her family. The slaughter was witnessed by her young friend, Constantine, who would later become Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. He never lost hope of finding Katherine. As a young woman, Katherine refused to submit to Maxentius' offers of marriage and she continually denounced his brutal enforcement of pagan religion upon the masses. Still obsessed with her beauty, Maxentius brought Katherine before 50 of Rome's finest scholars in an open court in Alexandria, where she eloquently demolished their arguments. When Constantine learned of Katherine's whereabouts and imprisonment at the hands of Maxentius, he led his army from York in a desperate bid to save her.。二战时的中国台湾隶属日本帝国,彼时身在东南亚的海外中国台湾人,是否曾以侵略者的身份参与战争?战后能否踩在受害者位置轻言带过?廖克发雄心巨作,拒绝接受简化史观,用新颖角度与方法剥开隐蔽历史,叩响沉默,问责旁观。穿梭东亚岛链各地调研,交叉比对海量史料,超越单一国族思考本位,也未落入情绪渲染窠臼,融合访谈、档案、重演等丰富形式,将人在特殊时空下的复杂与艰难彻底展开。。