The Colonel of Tamarkan: Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai
by Summers, Julie
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743263510
- ISBN 13
- 9780743263511
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2005. New book, 410 pages. It was at Dunkirk that Toosey's charisma and fortitude were first noted, and in 1941 he was given command of an artillery regiment. Sent to fight in the Far East, he and his men soon found themselves embroiled in the battle for Singapore, and were taken prisoner after the island's fall in 1942. Toosey was sent to Thailand to command the 'bridge camp' at Tamarkan, where he was ordered to supervise the construction of two railway bridges over river Khwae Mae Khlong. Many of his former comrades particularly objected to the character of Colonel Nicholson in the moview Bridge on the River Kwai, as played by Alec Guiness, seeing it as a slur on the integrity of the real colonel behind the bridge, Philip Toosey - the subject of this outstanding biography.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001362
- Title
- The Colonel of Tamarkan: Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai
- Author
- Summers, Julie
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743263510
- ISBN 13
- 9780743263511
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SECOND WORLD WAR TWO WW2 RIVER KWAI POW PHILIP TOOSEY TAMARKAN THAI-BURMA RAILWAY
- Bookseller catalogs
- WW2 PTO History;
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