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East of West West of East

Hamish Brown

Verlag: Sandstone Press

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Beschreibung

This extraordinary book tells the story of a remarkable family caught in Japan at the outbreak of the Second World War in the Pacific. With letters, journal extracts and notes from Hamish Brown's parents, as well as his own recollections, it brings the era to life: not only life in the dying days of the British Empire, but also the terrible reality of the invasion of Singapore into which they escaped.
Verfügbar seit: 19.07.2019.
Drucklänge: 192 Seiten.

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