# The Bridge On The River Kwai

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- Authors: [Pierre Boulle](https://www.bookquiver.com/pierre-boulle)
- Publisher: Vintage Classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9944-502-9
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2011-06-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Bridge on the River Kwai tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was sent back. Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel refuses, as it is against regulations for officers to work with other ranks. The Japanese give way but, to prove a point of British superiority, construction of the bridge goes ahead - at great cost to the men under Nicholson's command.