ON THE RUN: DESERTERS THROUGH THE AGES

Book ID/图书代码： 12751015B89078

English Summary/英文概要： There have been many books written about valor in battle. This is not one of them. On the contrary, On The Run deals entirely with those men and women who, over thousands of years, have departed with alacrity and for multifarious reasons from life in the armed forces. For as long as there have been wars there have been those who have fled, sometimes precipitously, from the cannon’s roar.

This fascinating history of deserters and desertion, from the beginning of recorded time to the present day, details many of those characters who, for a multitude of often complex reasons, have gone absent without leave. Among their number are poets and pugilists, thieves and thugs, lovers and lunatics, princes and politicians, comedians and conspirators, film stars and fanatics, and even a Pope, all brought together by the simple fact that at one time or another they went on the run. Covering thousands of years in time and over forty different countries, this extraordinary book, the first of its kind, presents a fascinating anecdotal history of perhaps the most controversial and emotive subject in war, in this and any other age.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 很多书都关注战场上的英勇行为。但从没有一本书关注过那些转身逃跑的人。本书就是关于这一个群体，有男有女，有老有少，出于各种各样的理由和前提从战场上逃跑，有战争以来，这种行为几千年来从来没有停止过，甚至有些人听到了战火的声音就直接转身了。 这本书就有关那些逃跑者的历史，他们身后往往都有复杂的原因和背景，最终不告而别。他们之中有诗人，有圣职，有小偷，有强盗，有情人，有疯子，有王子，有政客，有喜剧演员，有阴谋论者，有电影明星，有极端分子，甚至还有一位主教，一个共同的理由将他们连接在一起——他们都曾一度做了逃兵。这本特别的、前所未有的书覆盖了几千年的历史和四十多个不同国家，展现了一段引人入胜的历史，也或许是这个以及其他世纪出现在战场上的最有争议的人物。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：有关那些流失的陆战兵、海军和空军，Graeme Kent用他一贯有趣幽默的文笔写出了不少他们的背景和历史。（Daily Express）

’Like any of the departing soldiers, sailors and airmen down the years Graeme Kent covers a lot of ground quickly with his interesting and entertaining work.’ Daily Express

About the Author/作者介绍：

Graeme Kent is a prolific author published in more than twenty different countries. His books include The Strongest Men on Earth, The Great White and Olympic Follies. He is also author of the Sister Conchita series for Soho Crime. He has written for stage and screen, as well as for radio and many national newspapers and magazines. He served with the army in Korea, worked as a BBC producer and a consultant to Yorkshire Television, and was the headmaster of a primary school. For eight years he ran an educational broadcasting service in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. He has two grown-up children and lives with his wife Janet in Lincolnshire, England.

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