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The Bridge over the River Kwai

Book ID
126137566
Publisher
Bantam
Year
1961
Tongue
English
Weight
865 KB
Category
Standards

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✦ Synopsis

Colonel Nicholson was an exemplary British officer. When his Japanese captors ordered him to build a strategic assault bridge in southeast Asia, the colonel’s code of military honor left him no choice but to obey. Though they were sick and wounded, he set his men to work, toiling in the jungle heat. He intended to complete a perfect bridge in record timeβ€”even though his Imperial Majesty’s Army would use it for the invasion of India.
Meanwhile, half across the continent, β€œForce 316” of British Intelligence was already plotting how to blow up the bridge…

✦ Subjects

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The Bridge over the River Kwai
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