THE SINKING OF THE LANCASTRIA : BRITAIN’S GREATEST MARITIME DISASTER AND CHURCHILL’S COVER-UP

Book ID/图书代码： 12290005B09754

English Summary/英文概要： A fortnight after the evacuation at Dunkirk some 150,000 British troops were still stuck in France. As the German advance thundered west these Allied soldiers and airmen were faced with a mad dash to the coast in the hope that a troop-ship awaited them there. One such vessel was the ’Lancastria’, a 16,000-ton liner pressed into service and now anchored off the port of St-Nazaire. On 17 June 1940, ready to head for home, the ship was bombed by the Luftwaffe. As she sank, between 3,500 and 4,000 of those on board lost their lives. Re-creating this extraordinary episode with great narrative flair, Jonathan Fenby shows us not just the human stories behind the disaster but the cover-up that followed -- as Churchill ordered a blanket ban on news stories for the sake of the country’s morale. Gripping and moving, LANCASTRIA tells one of the great forgotten stories of the Second World War.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一個星期之後，在敦克爾克大撤退之後，仍然有約15萬的英國陸軍被滯留在法國。正當德軍已閃電戰術向這些盟軍的士兵進發時，空軍當時正面臨著一項瘋狂的舉動，瘋狂地沖向希望的海岸，在那裡，兵船正等候著他們。一艘曾名叫’Lancastria’的船隻，承載1萬6千噸的班輪，現在在聖納澤爾港拋錨。1940年6月17日，準備調轉返回，船隻遭遇了德國空軍的轟炸。當她沉沒時，船上3500至4000人失去了生命。用傑出的敘事風格，喬納森•範比重現了這件特殊的軼事，告訴我們的不僅僅是人類故事背後的災難，還有掩蓋事實真相的背後故事 —— 當時邱吉爾為了鼓舞國家士氣，下令全面禁止新聞報導。催人淚下的 LANCASTRIA講述了二戰背後一段被遺忘的偉大故事。(Sandy)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 喬納森是2006年的Trusted Sources創始人之一。他是在中國強勢投資環境的資深分析師。他的專業領域是對政策、政治和更廣泛的政治經濟的解析。他在北京和倫敦的辦事處成立Trusted Sources四人團隊。喬納森作為一個對中國的政治、經濟和社會事務有著豐富的經驗的作家和評論員。他曾任《南華早報》、《觀察家報》和《路透社世界服務報》的編輯，並曾是《經濟學家》的一位元資深記者。他是是5本關於中國書籍的作者，最近由企鵝出版社發行的《中國近代史》以及被哈珀柯林斯挑選的一本書被《經濟學家》和《金融時報》2008年年度首選書籍。他經常在美國全國廣播公司財經頻道、英國廣播公司和彭博資訊以及其他廣播媒體，英國、美國、歐洲和東亞地區發表關於當代中國的講座。

Jonathan was a co-founder of Trusted Sources in 2006. He is a leading analyst on China with a strong following in the investment community. His specialist area is policy interpretation, politics and the broader political economy. He heads the four person China country team at Trusted Sources with offices in Beijing and London. Jonathan has a wealth of experience as a writer and commentator on Chinese political, economic and social affairs. He was formerly editor of The South China Morning Post, The Observer and Reuters World Service as well as a senior correspondent for The Economist. He is the author of five books on China, most recently a History of Modern China for Penguin Press and Harper Collins which was chosen as one of the books of the year for 2008 by The Economist and Financial Times. He broadcasts frequently on CNBC, BBC and Bloomberg, among other broadcast media, and lectures on contemporary China in the UK, US, Europe and East Asia.

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