The Crimean War: A History

基本信息

Format：Paperback | 608 pages

Dimensions：129 x 198 x 27mm | 438g

Publication date：02 Jun 2011

Publisher：Penguin Books Ltd

Publication City/Country：London, United Kingdom

Language：English

ISBN10：0141013508

ISBN13：9780141013503

書籍簡介

克里米亞戰爭是俄羅斯歷*激烈的戰役之一，造成近100萬人死亡，歐洲版圖被徹底改寫。這是第一次使用攝影、電報和報紙的戰爭，是沙皇帝國與英、法、奧斯曼帝國聯盟的較量，是一場從巴爾幹半島到波斯灣的領土戰爭。在沙皇和他的部長們強烈的民粹主義信念的驅使下，俄羅斯的任務是統治所有東正教基督徒，控制聖地。這就是最初的“全面戰爭”。

奧蘭多·菲格斯生動的新書重新詮釋了這一非同尋常的衝突。克里米亞生動地描繪了戰壕裏的普通士兵、戰場上的外科醫生，以及沙皇尼古拉本人的狂熱，講述了一場悲慘戰爭的人間故事。

The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia's history, killing nearly a million men and completely redrawing the map of Europe. Pitting the Tsar's empire against an alliance of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire, it was the first conflict to use photography, the telegraph and newspapers; a war over territory, from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf; a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populistbelief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land; it was the original 'total war'. 

Orlando Figes' vivid new book reinterprets this extraordinary conflict. Bringing to life ordinary soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield and the haunted, fanatical figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, Crimea tells the human story of a tragic war. 

媒體推薦

“菲格斯生動地描繪了一場血腥而毫無意義的衝突……他比任何歷史學家都更瞭解俄國。”——馬克斯·黑斯廷斯，《星期日時報》

“精彩而激動人心的敍述。”——馬克·博斯特里奇，《金融時報》

“菲格斯是一流的歷史學家，他精彩的新書就是充分的證明。”——多米尼克·桑德布魯克，《每日電訊報》

"Figes paints a vivid portrait of a bloody and pointless conflict ... he knows more about Russia than any other historian." -Max Hastings, Sunday Times

"A fine, stirring account." -Mark Bostridge, Financial Times

"Figes is a first-class historian, as his splendid new book amply demonstrates." -Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph

作者簡介

奧蘭多·菲格斯，倫敦大學伯克貝克學院的歷史學教授，著有《農民的俄國》《內戰》《人民的悲劇》《娜塔莎的舞蹈》和《傳話者》，其書已被翻譯成二十多種語言。

Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Peasant Russia, Civil War, A People's Tragedy, Natasha's Dance, The Whisperers and Just Send Me Word. His books have been translated into over twenty languages.