Slide Rule by Nevil Shute

Slide Rule by Nevil Shute

Nevil 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 I, working on secret projects. His autobiography gives great insight into an important historical period and provides essential lessons for today's society.

Nevil Shute Norway was born in 1899 in Ealing, London. He studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. Following his childhood passion, he entered the fledgling aircraft industry as an aeronautical engineer working to develop airships and, later, airplanes. In his spare time he began writing and he published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926, using the name Nevil Shute to protect his engineering career. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they had 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 in 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), A Town Like Alice (1950), and On the Beach (1957).

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ISBN 13	9781842322918
ISBN 10	1842322915
Title	Slide Rule
Author	Nevil Shute
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	House of Stratus
Year published	2000-09-18
Number of pages	171
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