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On the Beach

By Nevil Shute

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On the Beach

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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).
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
312
Release Date:
2009-09-03
Publication Date:
2009-09-03
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099530252
ISBN13:
9780099530251
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
230 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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