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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.



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`An insight into history before it became history.’-Michael Pye;` Hamish Brown is a legendary figure.’-Alistair Moffat

East of West, West of East

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      Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 19/07/2018
      ISBN13: 9781912240258, 978-1912240258
      ISBN10: 1912240254
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      Non Fiction Biography Biography: historical, political and military Published diaries, letters and journals Military History Second World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Trade Review
      `An insight into history before it became history.’-Michael Pye;` Hamish Brown is a legendary figure.’-Alistair Moffat

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