A FOREIGN FIELD: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE AND BETRAYAL DURING THE GREAT WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 04300010B39519
English Summary/英文概要： A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of ‘Operation Mincemeat’ and ‘Agent Zig-Zag’. Four young British soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines at the height of the fighting on the Western front in August 1914; unable to get back to their units, they shelter in the tiny French village of Villeret. Living in daily fear of capture and execution, they are fed, clothed and protected by the villagers including the local matriarch, Madame Dessenne, the baker and his wife.
The self-styled leader of the band of fugitives, Private Robert Digby, falls in love with the twenty-year-old-daughter of one of his protectors and in November 1915, with war waging a few miles away, she gives birth to a baby girl. The child is just six months old when someone betrays the men to the Germans. They are captured, tried as spies and summarily condemned to death.
Using the testimonies of the daughter, the villagers, detailed town hall records and most movingly – the soldiers’ last letters – Ben Macintyre reconstructs an extraordinarily story of love, duplicity and shame – ultimately seeking to discover through decades of village rumour the answer to the question, ‘Who betrayed Private Digby and his men?‘ In this new updated edition the mystery is finally solved.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一场战争中的浪漫，一个生存的传奇故事，一个谋杀之谜，同时发生在一战时的法国乡下。将由畅销书《水果碎肉馅饼》和《曲折》的作者为您慢慢讲述。
1914年8月在西方前线战争中，四个年轻的英国士兵陷入了敌军的包围中；他们不能回到部队，只好躲避在法国维尔莱的一个小镇上。每天都活在随时被捕的恐惧中，村民们为他们提供吃住，并保护他们不被发现，这其中也包括本地的族长，面包师Madame Dessenne和他的妻子。
逃亡者们的领袖，二等兵Robert Digby爱上了一位村民的女儿，1915年11月，战争的烽火绵延数里，她生下了一名女婴。Robert Digby被叛徒出卖给德国的时候，这个孩子只有六个月大。他们被关押起来，被视为间谍判处了死刑。根据Robert Digby女儿，村民的回忆，市政厅的记载，还有士兵写下的最好一封感人的信件，Ben Macintyre 还原了一个不同寻常的爱情故事，并不辞辛苦地从十年的民间传闻中搜寻遗留问题的答案，例如“是谁背叛了Digby和他的伙伴？”在这本书中，这个谜底将会被揭晓。(兼职翻译-PXD)
Awards/获奖情况：“充满牺牲和战争的爱情故事，简单却感人肺腑......情节迷点重重，其中间谍的故事情节带有Deighton or le Carre的风格。我十分喜欢这本书。”——《时代杂志》 “我十分喜欢《陌生领域》这本书，故事中英国士兵陷入敌人包围的情景十分真实......随后又变成了一个充满浪漫，战争，社会的小说，甚至带有一些侦探故事的意味”——《星期日电讯报》
“单纯地来看，这是一个爱情故事。激情，野心和深远的涵义都被这个故事诠释得很好。”——《星期天时报》
About the Author/作者介绍： Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper’s correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He is the author of Agent Zigzag, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Tesco Biography of the Year at the 2008 Galaxy British Book Awards. He lives in London with his wife and three children.
Ben Macintyre，《时代周刊》的专栏作者，副编辑。他曾在纽约，巴黎和华盛顿担任报社的通讯记者。他还是《曲折》的作者，科斯塔自传奖和2008银河系英国著作年度特思科自传奖的候选人。目前作者与妻子及三个孩子一同居住在伦敦。
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