From Hell, With Love

This book tells the real-life story of Nigel’s parents’ war, set against the horrors of the infamous Burma Railway, told through the pages of his father’s secret diary, which, as a prisoner of war, he had to keep hidden from his Japanese captors. This diary, crowded onto the pages in faded pencil, is entirely contemporaneous and is published without amendment, flashing a new light on those grim years. Meanwhile Nigel’s mother, having escaped from Singapore to a strange continent with their young son, Brian, and pregnant with Alan, their second son (Nigel appeared after the war!), was left to cope alone to bring up her family, not knowing for many months if her husband was even alive. Her resolve, ingenuity and determination to get her family back from Australia to England is part of this history. Their combined accounts make for a difficult, emotional but ultimately uplifting story.

The book is lavishly illustrated with over 200 paintings and drawings by fellow prisoners-of-war, and by some photographs. Guru Bookshop is currently the only bookseller which stocks this item in the UK and is on AbeBooks UK. Please click here for more details.