FROM A CLEAR BLUE SKY: SURVIVING THE MOUNTBATTEN BOMB
Book ID/图书代码： 03540009B32978
English Summary/英文概要： On the August bank holiday weekend in 1979, 14-year-old Timothy Knatchbull went out on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland. It was a trip that would cost four lives - and change his own for ever. The IRA bomb that exploded in their boat killed Knatchbull’s grandfather Lord Mountbatten, his grandmother Lady Brabourne, his twin brother Nicholas, and local teenager Paul Maxwell. In telling this story for the first time, Knatchbull is not only revisiting the terrible events he and his family lived through, but also writing an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy. For thirty years, Knatchbull has lived with the echoes of that day: the death of the twin from whom he had been inseparable; the loss of his adored grandparents, whose funerals along with his twin’s he and his parents were too injured to attend; the recovery from physical wounds; and, the emotional legacy that proved harder to endure. In "From A Clear Blue Sky", Timothy Knatchbull delves into his past, present and future, and reveals a story of courage and fortitude as he, his family, and their English and Irish friends dealt with the shocking assassinations and their aftermath. Taking place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles, it gives a compelling insight into that period of Irish history. But more importantly it brings home that although tragedy can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to recover and evolve over time. This book about truth and reconciliation, unflinching in its detail, asks searching questions about why human beings inflict misery on others, and holds lessons about how we can learn to forgive, to heal and to move on. It will resonate with readers the world over.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1979年的八月，十四岁的Timothy随同家人来到爱尔兰的斯莱戈郡旅行，但这次旅行让他失去了四位亲人，祖父蒙巴顿将军和祖母，孪生兄弟和他的朋友PAUL。这次爱尔兰爆炸案改变了他的一生。作者第一次以书籍的形式回忆这次的恐怖事件。这三十年来，一直生活在悲痛的回忆中，痛失至亲，他和他的父母也承受着病痛。整个故事中，作者以不屈不挠的精神去面对过去，现在和未来的困难，在朋友们的帮助下，躲过了这次的不幸。
永远不要再让这样的悲剧重新上演，成为后人所阅读到的另一段历史事件，但愿，但愿我们都能带着崇敬的心情，回顾这一段可以被原谅却不能被遗忘的历史.(RY)
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About the Author/作者介绍： The youngest of seven children, Timothy Knatchbull read Social and Political Science at Cambridge. After ten years as a filmmaker, mostly at BBC television, he studied at Harvard’s Kennedy School before spending two years in Washington DC with the Discovery Channel. He now runs a London media business and is married with five children.
Timothy Knatchbull，曾在剑桥大学学校社会学和政治学。在BBC电视台担任十年的电影制作人。
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