CRUSOE’S ISLAND: A RICH AND CURIOUS HISTORY OF PIRATES, CASTAWAYS AND MADNESS
Book ID/图书代码： 04560016B91713
English Summary/英文概要： From an acclaimed naval historian, Crusoe’s Island charts the curious relationship between the British and an island on the other side of the world: Robinson Crusoe, in the South Pacific.
The tiny island assumed a remarkable position in British culture, most famously in Daniel Defoe’s novel. Andrew Lambert reveals the truth behind the legend of this place, bringing to life the voices of the visiting sailors, scientists and artists, as well as the wonders, tragedy and violence that they encountered.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书的作者是一个备受殊荣的航海历史学家，书中讲述了英国和南太平洋上一座小岛之间的关联：《鲁滨逊漂流记》。
这个小岛对于英国文化而言意义非凡，最著名的记录当属这本迪福的小说。Andrew Lambert在本书中揭露了这个地方背后的真相，记录下了那些曾到访过那个小岛的水手、科学家以及艺术家们的描述，也记录了那些他们曾经遇到过的奇迹、悲剧和暴力。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：引人入胜、涉猎广泛的书。作者讲述了Juan Fernandez追踪西班牙金币的历史，水手们如何在一个太平洋上伊甸园般的地方重获健康，一个几乎被地震和海啸夷为平地的殖民地，还有德国和英国的战舰在一战期间如何交火等等。这本书展现了为什么太平洋上这座小岛在世界舞台上占有与之面积不相吻合的重要地位。（《星期日泰晤士报》）
很吸引人。Lambert追踪了英国和西班牙舰队之间起起落落的关系。随着欧盟濒临崩溃和欧洲各国之间越来越不团结，Lambert的质问更像是在研究英国起初为什么会和这些与其差距如此之大的国家结合在一起吧。（《文学评论》）
非常优秀的作品。Lambert带领读者走上一段旅程，从无人居住的小岛到对于16世纪Spaniard Fernandez发现这群岛屿以后对于这片地域的忽视。这些故事里有海盗的身影，也有南海的鱼群，还有鲸鱼，有海豹，讲述了英国在失去美国之后对于帝国领地的野心，也讲述了全球贸易模式的兴起和大洋之旅的流行。本书是严肃的学术是，也填补了历史研究上的一块空白。（《观察者报》）
[An] intriguing, wide-ranging book...[Lambert’s] narrative of Juan Fernandez’s history takes in privateers in search of Spanish gold, scurvy ridden sailors recovering their health in a Pacific Eden, a penal colony nearly wiped out by earthquake and tsunami, and German and British warships exchanging fire during the First World War ... [Crusoe’s Island] show[s] why this tiny speck in the Pacific has played a larger role on the world’s stage than its size seems to warrant. (Sunday Times)
Engaging ... Lambert traces the development of the seesaw relationship between Britain and [the Juan Fernandez archipelago] ... As the EU totters and our union falters, Lambert’s enquiry begins to feel less like a foray into the past and more like an urgent investigation into that strange blend of qualities that bound Britain together in the first place. (Literary Review)
Excellent ... [Lambert] takes the reader on a steady voyage, from the moment the uninhabited islands emerged from the gloom of geographical ignorance after the Spaniard Fernandez discovered them in the 16th century. The tales involves piracy, the South Sea Bubble, fish ’so plentiful that in less than one hour’s time two men caught enough for our whole company’, whaling, sealing, shifts in imperial ambition following Britain’s loss of America, evolving global trade patterns and the fashion for oceanic travel books. Crusoe’s Island is a serious work that will remain the standard history for some time. (Spectator)
Interesting ... [Lambert’s] credentials as a naval historian are solid. (Guardian)
[A] thought-provoking book about how a real place became an imagined place. (Times)
In Crusoe’s Island, naval historian Andrew Lambert traces the history of island castaways and the rich cultural history that their experiences have inspired ... In this imaginative book, Lambert uses the history of one small group of Pacific islands to illustrate England’s and Britain’s break with a narrow European sense of identity as it turned into a global power, and demonstrates the role that literature played in this transition ... a brilliant achievement that demonstrates Lambert’s vast knowledge of maritime history. (Times Higher Education Supplement)
Lambert, a highly respected naval historian, describes the many expeditions, as well as their military and economic contexts, with characteristic aplomb ... a very entertaining volume (The National)
In Lambert’s tautly braided story, the 300-year descent of Juan Fernandez from vertiginous paradise to ecological ruin is viewed through the prism of human interventions which mirror episodes in British history ...This is history more pertinent and fantastical than fiction. (TLS)
About the Author/作者介绍： Andrew Lambert是伦敦国王学院的航海历史学教授。他曾发表包括《Nelson: Britannia’s God of War》、《Admirals: The Naval Commanders Who Made Britain Great》等著作。他对于英国海军历史的研究曾被拍摄为BBC二台的节目“海上战争”。
Andrew Lambert is Professor of Naval History at King’s College, London. His books include Nelson: Britannia’s God of War, Admirals: The Naval Commanders Who Made Britain Great and Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Exploration. His highly successful history of the British Navy, War at Sea, was broadcast on BBC Two.
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