The Bridge on the River Kwai. Pierre Boulle. Translated by Xan Fielding. London: Secker and War
The Bridge on the River Kwai. Pierre Boulle. Translated by Xan Fielding. London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. First UK edition. Original dust jacket.Uses the construction of the Burma Railway, in 1942–43, as its historical setting. Deals with the plight of WW II British POWs forced by the Imperial Japanese Army to build a bridge for the “Death Railway”, so named because of the large number of prisoners and conscripts who died during its construction.Basis for the epic 1957 David Lean movie starring Alec Guinness, William Holden & Jack Hawkins. -- source link
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