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Windrush Paul Arnott

Windrush By Paul Arnott

Windrush by Paul Arnott


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Summary

The life, times and extraordinary history of the Windrush: the vessel that created modern Britain

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Windrush: A Ship Through Time by Paul Arnott

Hamburg, 1930. The German-Jewish shipbuilders Blohm & Voss build a transatlantic ocean cruiser that they christen the Monte Rosa. Norway, 1940. The Monte Rosa is sent to the fjords 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: the 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.

Windrush Reviews

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

About Paul Arnott

PAUL ARNOTT'S 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.

Additional information

GOR013873221
9780750989862
0750989866
Windrush: A Ship Through Time by Paul Arnott
Used - Good
Hardback
The History Press Ltd
2019-06-17
288
N/A
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