The Forgotten Highlander 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.
A book you must read * DAILY MAIL *
Riveting, powerful, moving * OBSERVER *
A remarkable memoir * FINANCIAL TIMES *
Riveting, powerful, moving * OBSERVER *
A remarkable memoir * FINANCIAL TIMES *
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
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780349122571 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349122571 |
| Title | The Forgotten Highlander |
| Author | Alistair Urquhart |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2011-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Independent Booksellers Award 2011 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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