THE ROSE OF SEBASTOPOL

Book ID/图书代码： 08145007B15427

English Summary/英文概要： Russia, 1854: the Crimean War grinds on, and as the bitter winter draws near, the battlefield hospitals fill with dying men. In defiance of Florence Nightingale, Rosa Barr - young, headstrong and beautiful - travels to Balaklava, determined to save as many of the wounded as she can. For Mariella Lingwood, Rosa’s cousin, the war is contained within the pages of her scrapbook, in her London sewing circle, and in the letters she receives from Henry, her fiance, a celebrated surgeon who has also volunteered to work within the shadow of the guns. When Henry falls ill and is sent to recuperate in Italy, Mariella impulsively decides she must go to him. But upon their arrival at his lodgings, she and her maid make a heartbreaking discovery: Rosa has disappeared. Following the trail of her elusive and captivating cousin, Mariella’s epic journey takes her from the domestic restraint of Victorian London to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea and the tragic city of Sebastopol, where she encounters Rosa’s dashing stepbrother, a reckless cavalry officer whose complex past - and future - is inextricably bound up with her own.

As her quest leads her deeper into the dark heart of the conflict, Mariella’s ordered world begins to crumble and she finds she has much to learn about secrecy, faithfulness and love. But, in the thick of a war fought on more fronts than one, she also discovers a strength and passion she never knew she possessed.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1854年克里米亞戰爭爆發，英法兩國以俄國克里米亞的塞凡堡Sebastopol為佔領目標。Rosa Barr正值花樣年華的女孩不顧家人反對，決意效法南丁格爾成為一位護士，她勇敢前赴戰地救助傷亡的士兵，卻也從此音訊全無。
有三個人積極設法尋找她的下落，第一位是Rosa 同父異母的兄弟、第二位是個因戰爭受到心理創傷的醫生，而這位醫生也是第三個Rosa表姐的未婚夫。Mariella Lingwood是Rosa童年的玩伴，她不辭辛苦從倫敦前往義大利，最終至克里米亞半島，為了只是要找到自己神秘失蹤的表妹，然而她卻發現Rosa一段不可告人的戀情。
Rosa為何執意前往戰場?
Mariella到底發現什麼秘密，使她人生從此改變?

Awards/获奖情况：Richard & Judy 評選好書
入圍2008年星系英國圖書獎（Galaxy British Book Awards）
英國Waterstone書店暢銷排行榜第一名
《英國周日泰晤士報》（Sunday Times）暢銷排行榜

’I was fully immersed in my reading and bitterly disappointed when it ended.’ ---The Book Bag

This is everything a good historical romance should be.’ ---THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE

I loved everything about this book. With a cracking plot, wide in scope and yet exquisitely detailed, it conveys the world of England in the 1850s—domestic life, medicine, industry and charity—with a confident brush. McMahon also cleverly evokes the gulf between middle-class life in England and its perception of the situation which is at total odds with the reality. She also subtly draws out the similarities between the Crimean War and what is happening in Iraq now without any sense of the didactic. Her portrayal of Rosa and Mariella is particularly fine, as is they way they, and our perceptions of them, deepen and evolve as the novel progresses. I have enjoyed reading all Katherine McMahon’s historical novels but this, to me, is her best so far. I thoroughly recommend it. ---SALLY ZIGMOND

McMahon is developing into a perceptive writer with a mind and imagination well attuned to the vagaries and compelxities of lives lived in extraordinary times and under intense duress. Using Elizbeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman doctor,and John Keat’s letters to his fiancee Fanny Brawne as her inspiration, this is a captivating and soul-searching novel in a class far above the norm in romantic fiction. ---LANCASHIRE EVENING POST

...and Katherine McMahon, whose The Rose of Sebastopol combines high romance with the horrors of the Crimean war; a heady mix bound to appeal to readers who enjoy the Club’s traditional focus on historical fiction. ---GUARDIAN UNLIMITED

About the Author/作者介绍： Katharine McMahon is the author of four novels. She has taught in secondary schools, performed in local theatre and worked as a Royal Literary Fund fellow teaching writing skills at the Universities of Hertfordshire and Warwick. She lives in Hertfordshire.
Katharine McMahon生於倫敦，為皇家文藝基金會Royal Literary Fund在英國赫福郡Hertfordshire和瓦立克郡Warwick兩所大學教授寫作技巧。
Katharine McMahon被定位為歷史小說家。她喜歡以個性獨立的女性為主角，讓角色按個性發展，而不刻意安排故事結構，結局往往令讀者出乎意料。《秘戀》獲選英國最具影響力的「理察與茱蒂」讀書俱樂部（The Richard & Judy Book Club）推薦選書。
作者作品曾發行如西班牙文、捷克語、荷蘭文、德文、希臘文、希伯來文等多種語言版本: BB Art (Czech), Sijthoff (Dutch), Droemer (German), Oceanida (Greek), Opus (Hebrew), Svajoniu (Lithuanian), Insignis (Polish), Casadas Letras (Portugal), Cappelen Damm (Norwegian), Polirom (Romanian), Sezam (Serbian), Salamandra (Spanish).

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