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 Amazing! July 29, 2010
Dr. Kenneth Lancer (Radlett, Herts. UK)
From the very first page this book was riveting. How the author has survived the ordeals and perils that he had to endure is beyond belief. They say that truth is stranger than fiction and this books proves it. A great, if somewhat harrowing,read.
Very moving and thought provoking July 19, 2010
Jan1664
I found this book to be very moving, thought provoking and powerful. Just quite how anyone could
survive with their humanity intact after being treated in such a horrific way is difficult to
comprehend, the fact that Mr Urquhart is so unassuming about his triumph over such brutality makes
this all the more profound.
The Forgotten Highlander July 17, 2010
James Urquhart
Harrowing and moving memoir, which I felt helped the author exorcise the many demons that he still faces.I have read several books on this subject and this one is undoubtedly up there with the best.
It is very hard to comprehend what a fellow human can do to others, even though the author does provide graphic details of the horrors he was subject to, and at the end, I was left feeling very humble over the sacrifices, pain and severe hardship that Urquhart and his fellow prisoners had gone through.I was also very moved by the latter chapters on his struggles to settle back into post war Scotland, and how he came through this.
As a fellow Urquhart, but no relation,I am very proud to share his surname.
 Forgotten Heroes July 1, 2010
Ken Budd
A very moving and incredible real life story of endurance and fortitude that goes far beyond amything we could imagine in our worst nightmares.
These people should never be forgotten and the hardship and torture that they endured should remain as a lesson to be learned by humanity, so that it never happens again.
A Wonderful Book June 21, 2010
A reader (Scotland)
This is a wonderful book. The reviews have by now said it all. All I would add is that the style is very elegant, very simple but nonetheless it vividly conveys the dreadful experiences of Alistair Urquhart - he states that his father taught Latin, as did he in the POW camps, and this clearly had an influence on the text.
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