Following the success of his two previous books My Dad, My Hero and Forgotten Heroes, Michael Bentinck wrote his third book A Will To Live. The book is made up of three true stories given to him by three very remarkable men. The first story is another episode in the life of Jim Bentinck, Michael's late father, during the war when Jim served as the driver for the Japanese Executioner. We hear of the horrific things that Jim had to witness and also of the ways in which he risked his own life to help save others.

The second story in the book comes from a very brave man, a Mr Stanley Chown MBE, who was one of the very few survivors from the death camp at Sonkari. Stanley Chown was a first class chef and you will see how he saved many of his comrades' lives by cooking dishes that you and I would not dream of eating today. Stanley later went on to become Head Chef at Pembroke College, Cambridge, cooking meals for such famous people as Prince Charles.

The third story in A Will To Live comes from Percy Legge. This very brave man is one of very few men who survived working on the famous death railway. But, as if that wasn't enough, Percy also survived a trip to Japan where he then had to suffer working down a coalmine in very unsafe conditions.

A Will To Live contains 160 pages, including a letters and photographs section.

Peoples stories which appear in A Will To Live are:

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