Isbn: 9781877058776 - the missing years: a pow's story from changi to hellfire pass, 1942-45 (3 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Missing Years: A PoW's Story from Changi to Hellfire Pass This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Even Somerset Maugham at his gin-addled best would have struggled to conjure up a story more compelling, more emotionally evocative, and ultimately more disastrous than the battle for Malaya and the subsequent horrors endured by the prisoners of the Japanese. As a universal backdrop, the overarching theme of Empire versus Emperor, riddled with racial motive and overtone, set against the steamy tropics of South-East Asia. Add a supporting cast of thousands, tens of thousands, of Western allies, allied in cause but often with national differences ranks let alone class differences between officers and other sniping away in the wings. And front and centre, Oriental villains so dastardly as to be almost implausible, pitted against a dashing strong-jawed British army captain, Hugh Patrick Pilkington. Pilkington typified the British Raj in the Far East in many ways. His family had long since sold out of their interests in the Pilkington Glass business, his father working as an engineer with Indian Railways when Hugh was. …