https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SU%3A%20(SINGAPORE%20%2B%20HISTORY%20%2B%20JAPANESE%20%2B%20OCCUPATION%20%2B%201942%20%2B%201945)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20singapore%20--%20history%20--%20japanese%20occupation%2C%201942-1945%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4950080&CF=BIB Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of tennis parties, cocktails and deferential servants seems unchanging. But it is poised on the edge of the abyss: This is the eve of the Fall of Singapore and, as we know, of much else besides. Not only the Blacketts, their friends and enemies, but many individuals are caught up in the events. Singapore at this historical watershed has never been so faithfully and passionately recreated. Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of tennis parties, cocktails and deferential servants seems unchanging. But it is poised on the edge of the abyss: This is the eve of the Fall of Singapore and, as we know, of much else besides. Not only the Blacketts, their friends and enemies, but many individuals are caught up in the events. Singapore at this historical watershed has never been so faithfully and passionately recreated.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Farrell, J. G. (James Gordon), 1935-1979<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021.<br />704 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - 95000000037108<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=503970&CF=BIB The fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 was a military disaster of enduring fascination and seemingly unshakable myth. Peter Thompson tells the explosive story of the Malayan Campaign, the Siege of Singapore and the Japanese Occupation through the eyes of those who were there - the soldiers of all nationalities. The fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 was a military disaster of enduring fascination and seemingly unshakable myth. Peter Thompson tells the explosive story of the Malayan Campaign, the Siege of Singapore and the Japanese Occupation through the eyes of those who were there - the soldiers of all nationalities.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Thompson, Peter (Peter A.)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Portrait, 2006.<br />ix, 678 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 940.5425 - Available - 03425027<br />