★英亞馬遜暢銷歷史圖像#89
★《金融時報》、《觀察家報》、《衛報》等大型媒體好評不斷

從一戰導火線法蘭茲．斐迪南大公(Archduke Franz Ferdinand)的暗殺被刺，到第一顆原子彈夷平整座廣島，暢銷歷史作家丹．瓊斯及視覺藝術家馬琳娜．阿瑪拉爾在這部作品中回顧近代歷史，並導出了全球紛爭背後的成因與發展。

以一戰和二戰為源探討，《燃燒的世界》(The World Aflame)所深入的，卻遠超乎戰爭的砲火攻擊和熊熊烈焰。它談到戰爭期間的國勢膠著、意識形態、經濟制約，並藉由俄國大革命、愛爾蘭、西班牙內戰、北美干預拉丁美洲、摩洛哥、衣索比亞、巴勒斯坦的殖民戰爭等事件，帶領現代讀者看見部分國家的好戰野心，如何連動整個世界的國安、政經與民生脈絡。

以簡短的篇章及鮮明的歷史圖像，這本書將以易讀、深刻的形式帶讀者回顧人類歷史上最血腥慘痛的一場世界變故與教訓；進而理解某些全球紛爭背後的成因，事實上並無時間與空間的限制——它們依然存在於當今世界，等著人類的醒悟與明智來化解。

 

丹．瓊斯(Dan Jones)，暢銷作者、得獎記者暨播客主持人。他同時也是一名歷史學家，為中古世紀復甦研究的先驅。著有《Summer of Blood》, 《The Plantagenets》, 《Magna Carta》, 《Realm Divided》以及暢銷作品《聖殿騎士團》（The Templars，馬可孛羅出版）。Jones現居倫敦。

馬琳娜．阿瑪拉爾(Marina Amaral)，巴西作家、視覺藝術家，擅長歷史圖像的色彩配置。阿瑪拉爾的視覺技巧大多自學而成，過去花費了許多時間鑽研如何將確切的色彩放上黑白照片。她是非文學作品《The Colour of Time》的共同作家。

 

'The events of the first and second world wars are brought to vivid, startling life thanks to Amaral's skill at colourising contemporary images' Observer

'Amaral's colourised images bring history to life in breathtaking technicolour. Although, actually, Amaral's palette is far more nuanced and beautiful than that' Financial Times

'Frequently stark and sometimes bleak ... but this is a testament to the quality of Amaral's work, and its effect on the human eye' Military History

'The past – even its grimmest, darkest hours – was not in black and white' Guardian

'A new perspective to the bloodiest half-century in history' Daily Mail

'For the first time, we are seeing the scenes in colour as images from a new book show how much changes but how much stays the same as history unfolds. Covering the years between 1914-1945, The World Aflame shows the planet gripped by wars, the rise of right-wing governments and a deadly pandemic' Sunday Post

'You may need a strong stomach for some of the images, but they are immensely vivid, and Jones's text is crisp' Sunday Times

'While many can claim to show you Winston Churchill as he's never been seen before, this photograph is perhaps a true first' Discover Britain

'To see Winston Churchill's youthful freckly face in 1911 is revelatory. In a single image, we see how far the journey was from a somewhat gadabout sea lord to Our National Saviour' Daily Express

'Stunning' People's Friend