The Purple Plain (novel)
Appearance
![]() American first edition | |
Author | H. E. Bates |
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Language | English |
Genre | War |
Publisher | Michael Joseph Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1947 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
The Purple Plain is a 1947 war novel by the British writer H. E. Bates. It is set during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.
Film adaptation
In 1954, it was adapted into a British film The Purple Plain directed by Robert Parrish and starring Gregory Peck, Win Min Than and Bernard Lee.[1]
References
- ^ Goble p.29
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.