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South by Java Head. [A novel.]

As Singapore falls to the Japanese a small group of men and women flee the doomed city. One of them carries a fortune in diamonds, another the plans for the Japanese invasion of Australia. The Japanese will stop at nothing to recover those plans.

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  • "As Singapore falls to the Japanes, a small grop of men and women set sail on desperate journey. One of them carries a cargo without price, the complete plans for the Japanese invasion of Australia. In order to get at there is nothing the Japanese will not do. They will stop at nothing."
  • "As Singapore falls to the Japanese a small group of men and women flee the doomed city. One of them carries a fortune in diamonds, another the plans for the Japanese invasion of Australia. The Japanese will stop at nothing to recover those plans."@en
  • "February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army, as the last boat slips out of the harbour into the South China Sea. On board are a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what is the dissolute Englishman, Farnholme? The elegant Dutch planter, Van Effen? The strangely beautiful Eurasian girl, Gudrun? The slave trader, Siran? The smiling and silent Nicholson who is never without his gun? Only one thing is certain: the rotting tramp steamer is a floating death trap, carrying a cargo of human TNT. Dawn sees them far out to sea but with the first murderous dive bombers already aimed at their ship. Thus begins an ordeal few are to survive, a nightmare succession of disasters wrought by the hell-bent Japanese, the unrelenting tropical sun and by the..."
  • "Set in the fall of the British stronghold of Singapore to the Japanese Army in February 1942. A mixed collection of soldiers, nurses, fleeing civilians, a small boy, and at least one spy attempt to escape the burning city aboard the Kerry Dancer, a battered freighter manned by a disreputable captain and crew. When the Kerry Dancer is crippled by Japanese war planes, the refugees are rescued by the Viroma, a tanker also fleeing the Japanese. Thus begins a terrible ordeal, as the Viroma itself is sunk by the Japanese and the survivors take to open boats. Led by stalwart First Officer Nicholson, they will attempt to flee to safety across the South China Sea, relentlessly pursued by the Japanese and equally at risk from traitors in their midst."
  • "The 50th anniversary edition of this classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia."@en
  • "Spannende avonturen op een Engelse tanker van een groepje vluchtelingen dat in 1942 na de val van Singapore Australië tracht te bereiken met een uiterst belangrijk oorlogsdocument."
  • "Na de val van Singapore in 1942 tracht een groep mensen per schip naar Australië te vluchten."
  • "A group of refugees from Singapore in 1942 face danger from the sea and sky - and treachery among themselves."@en

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  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "War stories"@en
  • "Thriller / suspense"@en
  • "War stories"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Crime & mystery"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Spændende bøger"@da
  • "Opowiadania wojenne angielskie"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Translations"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Adventure"@en

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  • "Die Überlebenden der Kerry Dancer Roman"
  • "Sidste skib fra Singapore"@da
  • "Sidste skib fra Singapore"
  • "Die Überlebenden der Kerry Dancer : Roman"
  • "Die Über lebenden der Kerry Dancer : roman"
  • "Die Ueberlebenden der Kerry Dancer : Roman"
  • "Sista båten från Singapore"@sv
  • "Sista båt från Singapore"
  • "Sista båt från Singapore"@sv
  • "South by Java Head. [A novel.]"@en
  • "Die Überlebenden der Kerry Dancer [South by Java head, dt. - Übers.: hans Egon Gerlach]"
  • "Na jug, mimo Jave"@sl
  • "Na jug, mimo Jave"
  • "South by Java Head. (Fifth impression.)"
  • "Die Ueberlebenden der Kerry Dancer"
  • "Sidste skib fra Singapore / Ovess : fra engelsk efter "South by Java Head.""@da
  • "Ontsnapt langs krakatau"
  • "A sul de Java"
  • "Sidste skib fra Singapore : Omsl.: Eric Palmquist"@da
  • "South by java head"@en
  • "South by Java head"
  • "South by Java head"@en
  • "Die Überlebenden der Kerry Dancer"
  • "Sidste skib fra Singapore : Overs. fra engelsk"@da
  • "Maut mengintai di Selat Sunda"
  • "Cabo de Java"@es
  • "Cabo de Java"
  • "Ontsnapt Langs Krakatau"
  • "Sidste Skib fra Singapore"
  • "South by Java Head"@en
  • "South by Java Head"
  • "Na południe od Jawy"
  • "Na południe od Jawy"@pl
  • "Ontsnapt langs Krakatau"

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