Shadowlands : A Journey Through Lost Britain 暗影国度:失落不列颠之旅

基本信息

Format Hardback | 368 pages

Dimensions 153 x 234 x 26mm | 579g

Publication date 17 Mar 2022

Publisher Faber & Faber

Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Statement Main

ISBN10 057133802X

ISBN13 9780571338023

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为主

书籍简介

《泰晤士报》前十名畅销书

入围Wainwright奖名单

淹没了。被沙子掩埋。被瘟疫消灭。坠入悬崖。

这是英国失落的城市、鬼城和消失的村庄的被遗忘的历史：我们的阴影地带。

一本美丽的书，真正的原创......。它是一项了不起的成就。

IAN MORTIMER，《中世纪英格兰的时间旅行者指南》的作者

研究得很好，写得很好，充满了有趣的细节。

克莱尔·托马林

一部写得很好、很感人、很悲壮的探索作品。

苏珊娜·利普斯科姆

一贯的有趣......。格林的激情和历史视野从书页中迸发出来，用环绕声和感性的散文唤起了过去。

《时代报》的卡尔·弗林（《遗弃的岛屿》的作者）。

历史学家马修-格林走遍英国，讲述我们失落的城市、鬼城和消失的村庄的被遗忘的历史。揭示了这些地方如何遭遇命运的非凡故事--并探索它们如何在我们的景观和想象中留下印记——《影子地》是一部令人深思的、令人眼花缭乱的关于英国过去的原始描述。

一场关于失落社区的雄辩之旅。

PD·史密斯，卫报

一次萦绕在英国失落之地的抒情之旅。

夏洛特·希金斯，《另一片天空下》的作者

一部神奇的复活之作，在永恒的当下刺痛人心。

《黄金机器》的作者IAIN SINCLAIR。

写得很好。——周日泰晤士报

令人震惊。——金融时报

辉煌的。——英国《先驱报》（The HERALD）

令人信服。——今天的历史

令人着迷。——每日邮报

有成就。——在河边捕获

杰出。——MIRROR

THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff.

This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages: our shadowlands.

'A beautiful book, truly original . . . It is a marvellous achievement.'

IAN MORTIMER, author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England

'Well researched, beautifully written and packed with interesting detail.'

CLAIRE TOMALIN

'An exquisitely written, moving and elegiac exploration.'

SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB

'Consistently interesting . . . Green's passion and historical vision bursts from the page, summoning up the past in surround sound and sensual prose.'

CAL FLYN, THE TIMES (author of Islands of Abandonment)

Historian Matthew Green travels across Britain to tell the forgotten history of our lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages. Revealing the extraordinary stories of how these places met their fate - and exploring how they have left their mark on our landscape and our imagination - Shadowlands is a deeply evocative and dazzlingly original account of Britain's past.

'An eloquent tour of lost communities.'

PD SMITH, GUARDIAN

'A haunting, lyrical tour around the lost places of Britain.'

CHARLOTTE HIGGINS, author of Under Another Sky

'A miraculous work of resurrection, stinging in a perpetual present'.

IAIN SINCLAIR, author of The Gold Machine

'Beautifully written.' SUNDAY TIMES

'Startling.' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Splendid.' THE HERALD

'Compelling.' HISTORY TODAY

'Excellent.' THE SPECTATOR

'Fascinating.' DAILY MAIL

'Accomplished.' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER

'Outstanding.' MIRROR

作者简介

马修-格林博士是一位历史学家、作家和广播员，拥有牛津大学的博士学位。他曾出现在BBC、ITV和第四频道的纪录片中，并为《电讯报》和《卫报》撰写历史专题。他是Unreal City Audio的联合创始人，该公司以现场活动、音频下载和应用程序的形式制作伦敦的沉浸式旅游。他的书是《伦敦。穿越时空的旅行指南》。

Dr Matthew Green is an historian, writer, and broadcaster with a doctorate from Oxford University. He has appeared in documentaries on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and has written historical features for the Telegraph and Guardian. He is the co-founder of Unreal City Audio, which produces immersive tours of London as live events, audio downloads and apps. His first book was London: A Travel Guide Through Time.