The Bridge On The River Kwai

Pierre Boulle author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:5th Dec '02

£9.99

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The Bridge On The River Kwai cover

One of the truly great war stories.

The Bridge on the River Kwai tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity;

The Bridge on the River Kwai tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was sent back.

Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel refuses, as it is against regulations for officers to work with other ranks. The Japanese give way but, to prove a point of British superiority, construction of the bridge goes ahead - at great cost to the men under Nicholson's command.

A fine ironic novel, that is yet another French tribute to British eccentricity * Observer *
Stirring and imaginative * New Statesman *
Unforgettable * New Statesman *

ISBN: 9780099445029

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 149g

208 pages