内容简介

The terrible conflict that dominated the mid 19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populist and ever more ferocious belief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land. Orlando Figes' major new book reimagines this extraordinary war, in which the stakes could not have been higher and which was fought with a terrible mixture of ferocity and incompetence. It was both a recognisably modern conflict - the first to be extensively photographed, the first to employ the telegraph, the first 'newspaper war' - and a traditional one, with illiterate soldiers, amateur officers and huge casualties caused by disease.

Drawing on a huge range of fascinating sources, Figes also gives the lived experience of the war, from that of the ordinary British soldier in his snow-filled trench, to the haunted, gloomy, narrow figure of Tsar Nicholas himself as he vows to take on the whole world in his hunt for religious salvation.


作者简介

奥兰多·费吉斯(Orlando Figes),英国人,生于1959年,剑桥大学三一学院博士,现任英国伦敦大学伯贝克学院历史学教授。俄国生活的方方面面,不论是文学艺术,还是政治经济,他都烂熟于心,无人能出其右。他的一系列解读沙俄及苏联历史的著作如《耳语者:斯大林时代苏联的私人生活》《娜塔莎之舞:俄罗斯文化史》等都取得了非凡的成就,是当今英语世界俄罗斯研究的一流大家。作品曾获沃尔夫森奖、NCR图书奖,并入围萨缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖等,已被翻译成二十多种文字出版。

译者简介

吕品,香港科技大学细胞生物学博士,在英国学术、新闻及商业机构工作多年,曾担任英国《卫报》中文版主编及英文评论版编辑。目前在英国从事卫生经济学领域的循证医疗传播工作。

朱珠,英国纽卡斯尔大学翻译学博士,现任英国爱丁堡大学亚洲学系中文教学主任,研究领域涉及翻译学、心理语言学...

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  • Expialidocius
    比谁的blunder更大 // 法兰西帝国还是多点理性 // 俄国有Tolstoy,英国有war tourist // 士兵fraternize虽然是个挺老的motif了每次读都很触动。一战不用说。二战美国和德国兵之间也有。不知道没有西欧国家参战的地方有吗? // Audiobook02-07
  • 叉叉
    一战预演。那个时候就fake news满天飞了。19世纪的枪炮,17世纪的战术,倒霉的都是普通士兵和平民。欧洲各国嘴上都是主义,心里都是利益,向来如此,从未改变。01-16
  • 夜眼陳
    這本書本來在我的閱讀waiting list上排得較後。但因為特別軍事行動之故,我給予它特別待遇。克里米亞戰爭是一場完全不必要的災難。沙皇一個人的偏執把整個歐洲變成自己的敵人,更使無數子民因其愚蠢而血曬沙場。英國挺身而出,但最後的勝利者卻是法國。法國憑這次戰爭成為歐洲政治與軍事的龍頭,但其霸權亦不長久。克里米亞戰爭的歷史意義在於這是俄國首次被歐洲孤立的事件。列強站在穆斯林一方與東正教徒作戰使俄國產生被歐洲背叛的怨恨。此後,克里米亞戰爭和Sevastopol便成為俄國民族主義史觀中不可或缺的一環。沒有這一背景,便不能理解克里米亞今天再度被捲入戰火之中。除了戰爭記憶在俄國的發展外,作者在本書中亦談及記憶在英、法、意、土四國的演變,並解答何以這場戰爭只在英俄兩國的歷史敘事中佔有重要的席位。01-19
  • 巴拉克拉瓦
    广泛运用参战国档案,不流于陈陈相因和空乏,但在俄国和奥斯曼帝国档案方面还有很大提升空间。02-16
  • Blue Jaguar
    Read it for personal reasons, as the region represents a confluence of interests /encounters in my life. 11-18

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