Trustee from the Toolroom - Softcover

Shute, Nevil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842323016 ISBN 13: 9781842323014

Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Paperback: 316 pages Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd (January 1, 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 1842323016 ISBN-13: 978-1842323014 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces

About this title

About the Author:

NEVIL SHUTE NORWAY was born on January 17, 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 January 12, 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).

Review:

 · "Something about this author's calm, deliberate style creates unexpected excitement... we are warmed by the justice and sheer pleasure of it." --Independent

 · "Nevil Shute made me yearn for a faithful, plodding, Shute-type of man. I imagined us trekking across the Australian outback, finding a run-down hamlet, and then transforming it together until death or flood parted us." --The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1842323016
• ISBN 13: 9781842323014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316