{"product_id":"a-doctor-s-war-used-book","title":"A Doctor’s War ** USED BOOK **","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Doctor’s War\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eby (author)\u003cbr\u003eRowley Richards\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood (G):\u003c\/strong\u003e Describes the average used worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects will be noted on the listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoxed \/ Foxing \u003c\/strong\u003e- Brown spotting of the paper caused by a chemical reaction, generally found in 19th century books, particularly in steel engravings of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I remember clearly the day my long-lost diary summary was returned to me. It was 15 February 1947, the fifth anniversary of the fall of Singapore.  The events of the disastrous Malayan campaign and our surrender had been playing through my mind all day...'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the end of the Second World War, Australia's Directorate of War Graves Services uncovered an extraordinary document hidden in a bottle buried in a grave in Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a summary of the secret diary of Dr Rowley Richards, a POW and medical officer on the notorious Burma-Siam (Thailand) Railway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichards, who was just 23 when war broke out, witnessed the horror of camp life first-hand and through his work treating fellow prisoners suffering in the harsh conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a series of diaries he recorded the  everyday brutality of the POW camps and also the courage, humour and mateship of his comrades. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust before being transferred to prison in Japan, he buried a summary of his contraband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstonishingly it was returned to him intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the diary summary and on Richard's other wartime writing, A DOCTOR'S WAR is an intensely compelling memoir of battle, imprisonment and survival; a poignant story of hope and optimism in the face of great inhumanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is one of the last great stories to emerge from the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROD CODE : 9780732280086-C1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khaki \u0026 Green Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67662606532857,"sku":"9780732280086-C1","price":13.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/files\/9780732280086-C1.jpg?v=1794445140","url":"https:\/\/khaki-green.com.au\/products\/a-doctor-s-war-used-book","provider":"Khaki and Green Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}