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The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East

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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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The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East 2011, Abacus, London

ISBN-13: 9780349122571

Mass-market paperback

The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East 2010, Little, Brown, London

ISBN-13: 9781408702116

Hardcover

The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East 2010, Hachette Audio, London

ISBN-13: 9781405507653

Audiobook CD

The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East 2010, Little, Brown, London

ISBN-13: 9781408702123

Paperback