The Purple Plain the three men struggle to survive in the hostile environment, the self-destructive Bill finally realises that he can depend on support from others and that he may have someone to live for. Blore, however, abandons them to attempt to return to the crash site and commits suicide. "The Purple Plain" is regarded generally as historically accurate with good production values and attention to detail, and depicts the native Burmese in a respectful manner. The film is based on the 1947 novel "The Purple Plain" by H. E. Bates, one of three novels he wrote after his travels to Burma and
E. H. Thompson E. H. Thompson Mrs. E. H. Thompson was an American author and educator who wrote "From the Thames to the Trossachs", published by New York company Hunt and Eaton in 1890. She was an active writer in the 1870s through to the early 1900s at least. Much of her work was published by the "Zion's Herald" (later to be known as The Progressive Christian), a Methodist weekly magazine. Her contributions to the "Herald" had a moral and religious focus, recommending school activities and prayers for school children, and warning of the dangers of excessive drinking. "From the Thames to the