理查德·艾文斯(Richard J.Evans),当代杰出的历史学家,剑桥大学近现代史钦定讲座教授。著作等身,曾获多种奖项与奖励。在迄今为止他出版的近二十本著作中,影响最大的书当属Deathin Hamburg:SocietyandPolitics the Cholera Yearsl830-1910(Oxford,1987),InHitler's Shadow:WestGermanHistorians andtheAttempttoEscapefrom the NaziPast(New York,1989),Rituals ofRetribution(Oxford,1996),Talesfrom the German Underworld(New Haven and London,1998),The ThirdReich in Powerl933-1939(London and NewYork,2005)等。