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Early life. Career in aviation. Second World War. Literary career. Activities after the war. Honours. Works. References. External links. Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 1899 – 12 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia.
8 de abr. de 2024 · Nevil Shute (born January 17, 1899, Ealing, Middlesex, England—died January 12, 1960, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) was an English-born novelist who showed a special talent for weaving his technical knowledge of engineering into the texture of his fictional narrative.
Nevil Shute Norway was a popular British novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer. He used Nevil Shute as his pen name, and his full name in his engineering career, in order to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels.
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Nevil Shute has 79 books on Goodreads with 273462 ratings. Nevil Shute’s most popular book is A Town Like Alice.
Learn about the life and works of Nevil Shute, a prolific and influential British novelist and engineer. Explore his autobiography, biographies by others, photo timeline, oral histories and more.
Plot summary. Characters. Historical accuracy. Adaptations. Cinema. Television. Radio. See also. References. External links. A Town Like Alice (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia.
Learn about the 24 novels and an autobiography written by Nevil Shute, a British author of adventure, science fiction and social commentary. Find book reviews, synopses, translations, artwork and more on this site.
