CRUEL CROSSING: ESCAPING HITLER OVER THE PYRENEES

Book ID/图书代码： 03540012B57965

English Summary/英文概要： The secret history of the WW2 escape route through the Pyrenees from France to Spain: personal stories of endurance, betrayal and remarkable bravery.

- Midnight scrambles across rooftops to flee the Gestapo
- Bayonets jabbed into haystacks and suspicious ticket inspectors
- Nazi collaboration and Resistance betrayals
- Gadgetry, burning Lancasters and evil SS officers
- Doomed love affairs and heroic self-sacrifice

Everything you would expect of a tale of wartime escape and evasion is here in this collection of stories and reminiscence from the Chemin de Libertie: the perilous climb through the Pyrenees used by men, women and children escaping Occupied France to Spain. Edward undertook the walk to experience some of the hardships of the wartime refugees, finding himself with fellow pilgrims each with their own personal reasons for commemorating an extraordinary aspect of WW2. The walk, interviews with the few remaining survivors, and previously unseen primary source material combine into a hugely accessible, poignant and inspiring history.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一段二戰時期，橫渡(歐洲西南部最大山脈)庇裏牛斯山，從法國逃往至西班牙的鮮為人知的歷史：這是一個關於耐力、背叛和非凡勇氣對個人故事。

-午夜匆忙從蓋世太保的搜捕中攀爬穿過一個個屋頂
-躲避戳進乾草堆裏的刺刀，應對多疑的檢票員
-納粹之間的合作，和抵抗組織的背叛
-小配件，燃燒的蘭開斯特轟炸機和邪惡的黨衛軍軍官
-命中註定的愛情和英勇的自我犧牲精神

所有的關於戰時的逃亡故事都在這部故事的回憶錄中：那些由男人、女人和孩子們為了逃離被佔領的法國前往西班牙，而不顧一切危險地攀爬庇裏牛斯山。作者愛德華親自步行體驗了展示難民的這段困苦歷程，發現自己和那些朝聖者一樣都是為了紀念二戰的這段非凡的經歷。徒步而行，與幾位仍然在世的生還者交談，作者用先前世人所謂瞭解的第一手文獻資料彙集成了這部龐大的，深刻的和鼓舞人心的歷史傳記。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Here’s a lovely mention of Eduard Stourton’s CRUEL CROSSING in the Saturday Times Review:

“A wonderful account, which captures the now-aged memories of brave and resourceful Brits as they escaped from Nazi brutality and occasional French perfidy. These are gripping stories that make you ask “what would I have done” if faced with an escapee needing help? Many of those who did help were women who took huge risks and often paid the price.”

It is also featured in the Waterstones Book Blub 3rd-9th April

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/book-club/200002118/

About the Author/作者介绍： 愛德華•斯托頓是英國廣播公司，包括《一個世界》，《週末世界》，《周日》和《分析》的四臺節目主持人，他還是《今日》節目十年的定期撰稿人和一位主要的主持人。他曾主持過幾個備受矚目的電視和電臺新聞時事節目，還為許多知名報紙和雜誌撰寫過評論。
1957年生於尼日利亞，在劍橋大學受教，他是《絕對真理(1998年)》，《聖保羅的腳步(2004年)》，《保羅：亦真亦幻(2005年)》，《約翰•保羅二世：一個男人的歷史(2006年)》，和《這是電腦世界：生活在政治立場正確的土地意味着什麼(2008年)》。

Edward Stourton is a presenter of BBC Radio Four programmes including The World at One, The World this Weekend, Sunday and Analysis and is a regular contributor to the Today programme where for ten years he was one of the main presenters. He has written and presented several high-profile current affairs programmes and documentaries for radio and television and also writes for national newspapers and magazines.
Born in Nigeria in 1957 and educated at Cambridge University, he is the author of Absolute Truth (Viking 1998), In the Footsteps of St Paul (Hodder & Stoughton 2004), Paul of Tarsus: A Visionary Life (Paulist Press 2005), John Paul II: Man of History (2006) and It’s a PC World: What it Means to Live in a Land Gone Politically Correct (2008) published by Hodder & Stoughton.

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