It Won't Be Long Now - Heywood, Graham
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Japan marched into Hong Kong on December 8, 1941. On the same day, Graham Heywood was captured near the border while carrying out duties for the Royal Observatory. He was transported to a military Prisoner-of-War camp in Kowloon. Heywood's illustrated diary records his three-and-a-half years of internment, telling a story of hardship but also of hope. As he awaits liberation, his reflections upon freedom and imprisonment bring realisations about life and how to live it.

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Japan marched into Hong Kong on December 8, 1941. On the same day, Graham Heywood was captured near the border while carrying out duties for the Royal Observatory. He was transported to a military Prisoner-of-War camp in Kowloon. Heywood's illustrated diary records his three-and-a-half years of internment, telling a story of hardship but also of hope. As he awaits liberation, his reflections upon freedom and imprisonment bring realisations about life and how to live it.
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Autorenporträt
Graham Heywood was born in England in 1903 and was sent to Hong Kong in 1932 to join the Royal Observatory. He became its Director in 1946 after Hong Kong's liberation from Japanese occupation, and served until 1955. He died peacefully at home in England in 1985. Author's previous books: Rambles in Hong Kong, ISBN 9780195858167