The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

A Doctor's Sword

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

A Doctor's Sword

By Bob Jackson

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

`There followed a blue flash accompanied by a ver y bright magnesium-type flare ... Then came a frighteningly loud but rather flat explosion, which was followed by a blast of hot air ... All this was followed by eerie silence.' This was Cork doctor Aidan MacCarthy's description of the atomic bomb explosion above Nagasaki in August 1945, just over a mile from where he was trembling in a makeshift bomb shelter in the Mitsubishi POW camp. At the end of the war, a Japanese officer did the unthinkabl...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781848893207

Publisher

The Collins Press

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

A Doctor's Sword

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

The Hiroshima Boy

The Hiroshima Boy

Mikamo, Akiko

Kagurabachi, Vol. 1

Kagurabachi, Vol. 1

Takeru Hokazono

Hiroshima

Hiroshima

John Heresy

War Doctor

War Doctor

David Nott

The battle of Britian

The battle of Britian

James Holland

Secrets of the Samurai

Secrets of the Samurai

Oscar Ratti

Nemesis

Nemesis

Max Hastings

As Good as Dead

As Good as Dead

Stephen L. Moore

Detonator

Detonator

Andy McNab

Samurai Tales Courage, Fidelity, and Revenge in the Final Years of the Shogun

Samurai Tales Courage, Fidelity, and Revenge in the Final Years of the Shogun

Romulus Hillsborough

Bomber

Bomber

Len Deighton

For Valour

For Valour

Andy McNab

Kokoda

Kokoda

Alan R. Tucker

The Last Battle When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe

The Last Battle When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe

Stephen Harding

The Liberator One World War II Soldier's 500-day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

The Liberator One World War II Soldier's 500-day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

Alex Kershaw

Behind enemy lines

Behind enemy lines

Tommy Macpherson

The Pacific War Uncensored A War Correspondent's Unvarnished Account of the Fight Against Japan

The Pacific War Uncensored A War Correspondent's Unvarnished Account of the Fight Against Japan

Harold Guard

Broadswords, Bayonets & B52s - Iconic Episodes in Military History

Broadswords, Bayonets & B52s - Iconic Episodes in Military History

Joseph Cummins

Spoken from the front

Spoken from the front

Andy McNab

A Song for Nagasaki: The Story of Takashi Nagai: Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb

A Song for Nagasaki: The Story of Takashi Nagai: Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb

Paul Glynn

Wounds of Honour

Wounds of Honour

Anthony Riches

Nemesis The Battle for Japan, 1944-45

Nemesis The Battle for Japan, 1944-45

Max Hastings

Nemesis the battle for japan

Nemesis the battle for japan

Max Hastings

To the Victor the spoils

To the Victor the spoils

Sean Longden

We Die Alone A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

We Die Alone A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

David Armine Howarth

Flyboys A True Story of Courage

Flyboys A True Story of Courage

James Bradley

Flashman at the Charge

Flashman at the Charge

George MacDonald Fraser

Toll for the brave

Toll for the brave

Jack Higgins

A World Destroyed

A World Destroyed

Martin Benjamin

The Kappillan of Malta

The Kappillan of Malta

Nicholas Monsarrat

The Damage Done

The Damage Done

Warren Fellows

Triumph of the Third Reich

Triumph of the Third Reich

A. Edward Cooper

Immediate Action: The Explosive True Story of the Toughest--And Most Highly Secretive--Strike Forc E in the World

Immediate Action: The Explosive True Story of the Toughest--And Most Highly Secretive--Strike Forc E in the World

Andy McNab

The Day the War Ended

The Day the War Ended

Martin Gilbert

Commando Survival of the Fittest

Commando Survival of the Fittest

Robin Eggar

Last Frontier

Last Frontier

Alistair MacLean

Bravo Two Zero

Bravo Two Zero

Andy McNab

A Time Of Killing

A Time Of Killing

William M. Hardy