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The Forgotten Highlander Alistair Urquhart

The Forgotten Highlander By Alistair Urquhart

The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart


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Summary

* 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

The Forgotten Highlander Summary

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

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 . . .

This is the extraordinary story of a young men, conscripted at nineteen and whose father was a Somme Veteran, survived not just one, but three close encounters with death - encounters which killed nearly all his comrades.

The Forgotten Highlander Reviews

A book you must read * DAILY MAIL *
Riveting, powerful, moving * OBSERVER *
A remarkable memoir * FINANCIAL TIMES *

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

Additional information

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9780349122571
0349122571
The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East by Alistair Urquhart
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2011-04-14
320
Short-listed for Independent Booksellers Award 2011 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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