Corrupted save file

Last night in my Baktrai campaign my computer switched off just after I pressed the end turn button....

Now the game crashes to the desktop when i try to load the campaign.
It shows one background screen - and loads about 1 6th of the bar, and then the background screen changes - and then crashes.

What is so bad is that Its the autosave file and I have lost soooo many playing hours.. and I had just taken Memphis and Alexandria :(

Is there any way that this can be fixed??? Or do I have to start a new campaign??

any assistance on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Probably can't be fixed. Have you not been saving with things other than the autosave? The game's fairly stable, but it can still crash. So you should really save in a new save every 2 years or so.

Yep indeed.

Tried exactly the same thing on purpose once, and it completely screws up the save-file.