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Forgotten Highlander
Alistair Urquhart
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Description for Forgotten Highlander
Paperback. * An extraordinary and moving tale by an ex-POW and last surviving member of the Gordon Highlanders regiment that was captured by the Japanese in Singapore, out now in paperback Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPJ; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He not only survived working on the notorious Bridge on the River Kwai , but he was subsequently taken on one of the Japanese 'hellships' which was torpedoed. Nearly everyone else on board died and Urquhart spent 5 days alone on a raft in the South China Sea before being rescued by a whaling ship. He was taken to Japan and then forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later a nuclear bomb dropped just ten miles away . . .
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Product Details
Publisher
Abacus Software
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349122571
SKU
V9780349122571
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-96
About Alistair Urquhart
Alistair Urquhart is in his nineties (and is the last surviving member of the Scottish regiment the Gordon Highlanders) and teaches computer skills to OAPs in Scotland
Reviews for Forgotten Highlander
A book you must read
DAILY MAIL
Riveting, powerful, moving
OBSERVER
A remarkable memoir
FINANCIAL TIMES
DAILY MAIL
Riveting, powerful, moving
OBSERVER
A remarkable memoir
FINANCIAL TIMES