Book Haul is Back! 50% Off Hundreds of Hardcovers And More Deals Shop Now In Stores & OnlineBook Haul is Back! 50% Off Hundreds of Hardcovers And More Deals Shop Now In Stores & Online

1000 Days on the River Kwai: The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant

By H C Owtram
Narrated by: Trevor Winslow
Unabridged — 5 hours, 52 minutes
Audiobook
FREE
with B&N Audiobooks Subscription
By H C Owtram
Narrated by: Trevor Winslow
Unabridged — 5 hours, 52 minutes
Promotion message icon

Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5. Learn More

Available on compatible , the free NOOK App, and in My Digital Library

NOOK App

Download NOOK app

NOOK Devices

NOOK eReaders

  • NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus

NOOK Tablets

  • NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet
  • NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
  • NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1"
  • NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
  • NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]

Free NOOK Reading Apps

  • NOOK for iOS
  • NOOK for Android

BN.com website

Go to your Digital Library in My Account

Memoirs by former prisoners of war of the Japanese invariably make for moving reading but Colonel Owtrams account of his years of captivity has a special significance.


After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway he was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps.


Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage that he showed protecting POWs from the worst excesses of their captors. Of course his account doe...