Illustrations by Thomas Scmid. Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir Louis le Bailly. Through the twilight years of the British Empire the battlecruiser HMS Hood was the glory ship of the Royal Navy. Unmatched in size and beauty, Hood defined English sea power from her keel-laying in 1916 to her destruction at the hands of the Bismarck in 1941. This fascinating new volume is a seminal work in the field of naval ship histories. Among its eye-catching features is a unique gallery of photographs, including still frames from a recently discovered piece of color film of the ship, plus a spectacular set of computer-generated images of the ship's exterior and interior. The comprehensive text draws on official documents and the letters, diaries, memoirs, and reminiscences of more than 150 crewmen. Additionally, a wealth of new information on Hood's structure and operations make it important reading for everyone wanting to understand the inner functioning of one of the great capital ships of the past. 220 illustrations.

著者

布魯斯·泰勒（Bruce Taylor），1967年生於智利，曾就讀曼徹斯特大學和牛津大學，1996年獲牛津大學近代曆史專業博士學位。他著有《榮耀落幕：“鬍德”號的和平與戰爭，1916—1941》（2012年），並與丹尼爾·摩爾根（Daniel Morgan）閤著《U艇攻擊日誌：來自原始資料的軍艦擊沉全記錄，1939—1945》（2011年）。他居住在加利福尼亞州南部。

譯者

裴萌，生於20世紀80年代，本科畢業於北京大學，碩士畢業於美國布蘭戴斯大學普通心理學專業，現為心理學科研工作者，業餘翻譯心理學書籍及研究二戰史。