MITCHELL, R. KEITH - Forty-Two Months in Durance Vile : Prisoner of the Japanese

London, United Kingdom, Robert Hale Limited, 1997. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0709060041 Hardback This book is one man's fascinatingly detailed account of his experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese.Despite the unbelievable hardship and brutality they experienced the prisoner's courage, ingenuity and humour never failed. This remarkable account, based on diaries, hidden from the Japanese, portrays day-to-day life in astonishing detail and makes truly compulsive reading. As a fitting postcript the camp commander and five guards were tried for war crimes. The commander was hanged in 1946 and the guards variously sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. Illustrated. Very slight shelf wear to top edge and top corners of D/J.