That saying? Behind every famous man ...? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis' twin sister to Pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in Carol Ann Duffy's inspired and inspirational collection, "The World's Wife". Witty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real movers and shakers across history, myth and legend. If you have ever wondered how, exactly, Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, or what, precisely, Frau Freud thought about her husband, then this is the book for you. 'Inventive, subversive and written with great rhythmical and rhyming dash' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'Carol Ann Duffy reveals the foibles of the great, the ghastly and the ordinary bloke, and the sufferings of those closest to them. The result is a melange of history lesson, fairy-tale and modern-day domestic tragedy, with the occasional joke thrown in for good measure' - "Scotsman".

卡羅爾·安·達菲

英國三百年來第一位桂冠女詩人，當代最靠近諾貝爾文學奬的女詩人之一。以其卓越的詩藝，豐富多元的創作題材，大膽潑辣的詩風成為世界文壇的明星詩人。

陳黎

颱灣師大英語係畢業。著有詩集，散文集，音樂評介集等20餘種。曾獲颱灣文藝奬，吳三連文藝奬，時報文學奬推薦奬、敘事詩首奬、新詩首奬，聯閤報文學奬新詩首奬，颱灣文學奬新詩金典奬，梁實鞦文學奬翻譯奬等。

張芬齡

颱灣師大英語係畢業。著有《現代詩啓示錄》，與陳黎閤譯有詩集20餘種。曾獲林榮三文學奬散文奬、小品文奬，並多次獲梁實鞦文學奬翻譯奬。