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Windrush: A Ship Through Time New edition [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, kõrgus x laius: 198x129 mm, 12 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Sep-2025
  • Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1803999543
  • ISBN-13: 9781803999548
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, kõrgus x laius: 198x129 mm, 12 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Sep-2025
  • Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1803999543
  • ISBN-13: 9781803999548
Hamburg, 1930. German shipbuilders Blohm & Voss build a transatlantic ocean cruiser and christen her Monte Rosa.

Norway, 1940. The Monte Rosa is sent to assist the dreaded Tirpitz as she bombards British ships.

Auschwitz, 1942. Forty-six Jews wait at the gates, after the Monte Rosa had transported them from Oslo.

Kiel, 1945. The Monte Rosa is captured by the British and given a new name: Empire Windrush.

London, 1948. The Empire Windrush docks in England, carrying 600 migrants from the Caribbean.

In Windrush: A Ship Through Time, Paul Arnott explores the epic story of a vessel that played a part in some of the most momentous events of the twentieth century, and whose fateful 1948 voyage continues to have consequences both personal and political today.

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The ship that gave its name to a generation of immigrants had a fascinating Nazi past ... Paul Arnott paints a rich portrait of life on board the cruiser in its heyday ... an unusual perspective, revealing how a vessel, criss-crossing the oceans, changed history. -- Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian I was so excited about the incredible story you have uncovered on the Windrush ship. I love your approach this giant object that can tell us a history of the twentieth century -- Andrea Levy, author of Small Island Paul Arnott handles these big questions in the same way a great novelist would: here are the themes; now go and think. -- The Independent I was so excited about the incredible story you have uncovered on the Windrush ship. I love your approach this giant object that can tell us a history of the twentieth century. -- Andrea Levy, author of Small Island

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The life, times and extraordinary history of the Windrush: the vessel that created modern Britain
PAUL ARNOTTs career in media began at The Independent and Time Out as an arts correspondent before he became a television producer and director, making films and documentaries for the BBC and Channel Four. He is the author of A Good Likeness: A Personal Story of Adoption (Little, Brown), Let Me Eat Cake (Hodder) and Is Anybody Up There? (Hodder). He lives in Devon, where he is a leading anti-corruption campaigner, district councillor and the leader of the East Devon Alliance of Independents.