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).

Shute was a brilliant storyteller and terrific example for any writer

1. 5/5

   För en ingenjör är denna typ av välskrivna, detaljrika biografier väldigt läsvärda. Man får inblick i hur man arbetade förr och med vilka verktyg man tog fram nya flygplan. Välskriven bok om en man som har uträttat oerhört mycket och därför har mycket att berätta.

   Llehs

   31 juli 2013

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).

Shute was a brilliant storyteller and terrific example for any writer

1. 5/5

   För en ingenjör är denna typ av välskrivna, detaljrika biografier väldigt läsvärda. Man får inblick i hur man arbetade förr och med vilka verktyg man tog fram nya flygplan. Välskriven bok om en man som har uträttat oerhört mycket och därför har mycket att berätta.

   Llehs

   31 juli 2013