The Forgotten Highlander
ISBN:
9781408488249 (1408488248)
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Survival,
War,
Military,
World War II,
Japan
To read Alastair Urquhart's account of the horrors he endured at the hands of the Japanese is shocking and quite moving. An extraordinary story of a 19 year soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japenese in Singapore. He not only survived 750 days in the jungle working as a slave on...
On completion: Even before I finished the last chapter I knew I would give this book five stars, but the last chapter concisely and honestly tells how he reacted to civilian life after the war. His struggles were not simply over when he returned to Scotland. I am speaking of the psychological battle...
7 years ago
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