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Nevil Shute Old Captivity
Macmillan General Books 0330104195 / 9780330104197 PAPERBACK Good
0330104195 Editorial Reviews n nReview nExhibits his talents at their provocative best New York Times Nevil Shute's books always have a real hero...intensely romantic along with the realism, intensely real along with the romanticism, and peculiarly absorbing Sunday Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. n nProduct Description nA novel which has been unavailable for 4 years, about a young airman, an Oxford don and his beautiful daughter who, on an expedition to the Arctic, are transported by explorers of another age - the Norsemen and their longships of a thousand years before.
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Nevil Shute Pastoral
Pan Books 0330102923 / 9780330102926 PAPERBACK Good
0330102923 Book Description nFrom an Oxfordshire air base, Wellington bombers fly missions into Germany. Only a handful of crews have survived the war long enough to become experienced. Peter Marshall is captain of one crew. When he falls in love with Gervase, her rebuff nearly costs him his concentration and life. Their relationship blossoms when he has only five more missions to go. As they tick by, tension mounts. --Ce texte fait rÚfÚrence Ó une Údition ÚpuisÚe ou non disponible de ce titre. n nAbout the author nNevil Shute Norway was born in London and worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers before setting up his own airship company. Worried that his reputation as a fiction writer would damage his engineering career, he wrote without using his surname. He served in both world wars and was a commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, working on secret projects. After the war he became a full time author completing a fictionalised account of his war time experience in 'Most Secret'. Moving to Australia in 1949 he based seven of his novels against that background including his most successful title On The Beach. This was subsequently a hugely successful film starring Gregory Peck, Antony Perkins and Ava Gardner and became arguably the major after the bomb movie of all time. Shute became one of the top selling authors of the 50s and 60s with wide appeal to a broad international market attracted by strong story lines which were always meticulously researched.. --Ce texte fait rÚfÚrence Ó une Údition ÚpuisÚe ou non disponible de ce titre.
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Nevil Shute Ruined City
Pan Books 0330102044 / 9780330102049 PAPERBACK Good
0330102044 Book Description nIn a shipbuilding town in the North of England during the Great Depression, the local people have given up hope. When successful banker Henry Warren arrives in the city, only to be taken ill and confined to hospital he learns of the plight of the community and sees the locals dying for no apparent reason. He determines to turn the city's fortunes around. But all is not well with the schemes of Henry Warren. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author nNevil Shute Norway worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers before setting up his own airship company. He served in both world wars and was a commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, working on secret projects. He flew his own aircraft to Australia to research On the Beach, before settling there permanently. His books are based on his own wartime and aircraft industry experiences. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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7.87 EUR
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Nevil Shute Slide Rule
Pan Books 0330022512 / 9780330022514 PAPERBACK Good
0330022512 Book Description nNevil Shute's autobiographical work charts his selected remembrances from childhood to 1938. The parallels between Shute's life and his fiction can be seen: airship engineering, the new industry of commercial aircraft and his experience of civil servants and bureaucratic military agencies. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. About the Author nNevil Shute Norway worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers before setting up his own airship company. He served in both world wars and was a commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, working on secret projects. He flew his own aircraft to Australia to research On the Beach, before settling there permanently. His books are based on his own wartime and aircraft industry experiences. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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