Trustee From the Toolroom

Informationen zum Autor Nevil Shute was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan , in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957). Klappentext Discover a classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach. Keith Stewart is an ordinary man. Zusammenfassung Discover a classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach. Keith Stewart is an ordinary man.

Product details

• Authors: Nevil Shute, Nevil Shute Norway
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.09.2009
• EAN: 9780099529989
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952998-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Sea Stories, Adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Pacific Ocean, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary