Next- Imagine at the eve of World War II a mission by Britain to prevent war with Germany.Jeffrey Brown speaks to an author who tells that tale in the latest book on the NewsHour Bookshelf.September 1938, Germany threatens to invade Czechoslovakia.Britain fears being drawn into war just 20 years after the end of the first World War.The diplomats scurry between European capitals to negotiate, assessing each other's influence, strengths and weaknesses.It's the real-life setting for the new historical novel "Munich," the latest from author Robert Harris,well-known and read for his many imaginative takes on ancient and modern history. And welcome to you.Hi, Jeff. You have written nonfiction and fiction about this particular moment.What is it that galvanizes you still?I think it was an incredibly dramatic story, four days in September 1938,when the world came very close to war, the moral compromises which had to be made to preserve peace,the controversy that still surrounds it, and the sheer drama of Chamberlain and Hitler meeting.And I have wanted to write a novel about it for 30 years.So, these characters, it's Hugh Legat, the Brit, and Paul Von Hartmann is the German.Yes. Are they based on real characters or are they all imaginative?The background and the characters of Chamberlain and Hitler, who are both in the book, and the civil servants and so on,that's all real. And the places, Downing Street, the Fuhrerbau in Munich, Hitler's apartment, that's all real.
下一内容――试想一下，二战前夕的英国派出了一项阻战德国的任务。杰弗里・布朗对话本书作者，在NewsHour Bookshelf栏目，为您讲述作者最新作品中的故事。1938年9月，德国威胁将要入侵捷克斯洛伐克。英国担心自己在一战结束仅20年后，再次被迫参战。外交官在欧洲各国间匆匆斡旋，就对方影响力及优势劣势做出评估。由此引出了新出版历史小说《慕尼黑》的现实背景。此书是作者罗伯特・哈里斯的最新作品，作者声名远播，读者广泛，其小说中多蕴含着极富想象力的古代现代历史场景。欢迎你。嗨，杰弗。关于这个特殊历史时刻，你已写过众多小说和非小说题材作品。你的写作动力何在？我认为这个历史时刻极富戏剧性，那是1938年9月里的四天，那是即将爆发的世界大战，那是为了维护和平而不得不做出的道义上的妥协，那是至今争议尚存的事件，那是张伯伦与希特勒纯粹戏剧化的会面。写一部这样的小说是我30年来的夙愿。所以，这些人物，这是休・雷加特，英国人。这是保罗・冯・哈德曼，德国人。是的。他们依托真实人物创作还是都是虚构角色？张伯伦和希特勒的人物形象和背景，在书中都有展现，还有那些公务员等，都是真实的。那些地点，唐宁街、慕尼黑Fuhrerbau、希特勒宅邸，也都是真实的。
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