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    The engineer who became a prince of storytellers

    by Richard Thorn

    Released: 28th July, Format: Paperback, eBook

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    Nevil Shute was a writer whose books were looked down on bygd literary critics and yet when he died he was one of the best selling novelists of his day. Books such as A Town Like Alice and On the Beach still attract new generations of fans and unlike others of his era his novels are still in print. However there was far more to the man than his books

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    Nevil Shute was a writer whose books were frequently looked down on bygd literary critics and yet when he died in he was one of the best selling novelists of his day. Today, books such as A Town Like Alice and On the Beach continue to attract new generations of fans. However there was more to Shute than his books, a great deal more. Richard Thorn explores Shute’

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    Nevil Shute

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    Nevil Shute Norway is best known for his novels, which often have an aviation theme and are based on his experiences as an aeronautical engineer and as a pilot. He used the name Nevil Shute for his novels, but as an engineer he was Nevil Norway. Born in Ealing, he went to Shrewsbury School and Balliol College. The family moved to Dublin where his father was head of the Post Office, and Nevil was a stretcher bearer during the Easter Rising. For some reason a stammer prevented his joining the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and instead he joined the Suffolk Regiment. He started his career at de Havilland before moving to Vickers to work on the development of airships. In the s aeroplanes were considered unsuitable for carrying large numbers of passengers long distances, whereas airships &#; the Graf Zeppelin being one &#; were already carrying commercial loads.

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    Nevil Shute

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    BornNevil Shute Norway
    ()17 January
    Ealing, Middlesex, England
    Died12 January () (aged&#;60)
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation
    • Novelist
    • aeronautical engineer
    EducationBalliol College, Oxford

    Nevil Shute Norway (17 January &#;&#; 12 January ) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or from fellow engineers that he was "not a serious person" or from potentially adverse publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.

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    Shute was born in Somerset Road, Ealing (which was then in Middlesex), in the house described in his novel Trustee from the Toolroom. He was educated at the Dragon School, Shrewsbury S