Pied Piper
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 151760463X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 378 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957). After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. After attending the Dragon School and Shre
This was a re-read for me, and I enjoyed every word of it AGAIN. Seventy-year-old Mr. Howard has just lost his son during the very early part of World War II. He is desperately sad and decides that he must get away from his native England for a while. He heads for what's he thinks will be month's fishing trip to his favorite place in the south of France, near the border at Geneva, Switzerland. Unfortunately, his trip coincides with the Ger. Great author Bijou I have read and loved the author for many years.I reread A Town Like Alice,, originally published as The Legacy, every year or so. Never got to this one somehow until this year. I love the pace that he uses when telling his stories. I am not much for thriller type pacing or mysteries etc. The story is entertaining. As usual you can imagine it really happening. It takes me bac. Amazon Customer said Nevil Shute at his best. A beautifully written story. The only real violence in the story is that of the war and plays an important part in the plot; the real story is of an heroic old English gentleman and the role he was thrust into as WWII escalated and he was trying to leave France for England. One of my favorite stories by this author.
--Sunday Times . Shute not only writes vividly and excitingly of occupied France, but with a delightful understanding of children. Mr
But it's April 1940 — and World War II has just begun! Getting to France proves easy, but the return trip to England is a very different matter — especially since he's no longer travelling alone!. An elderly Englishman, retired from the law, goes to France for a holiday