Most Secret - Couverture rigide

Shute, Nevil

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0884113191 ISBN 13 : 9780884113195

Editeur : Queens House, 2012

Synopsis

Genevieve is a converted French fishing boat, manned by British officers and a small crew of free French ex-fishermen, armed only with a flame-thrower and a few arms. They carry out their daring attack on German boats off the Brittany coast.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

NEVIL SHUTE NORWAY was born on January 17, 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 January 12, 1960. His most celebrated novels include "Pied Piper" (1942), "No Highway" (1948), "A Town Like Alice" (1950) and "On the Beach" (1957).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Queens House
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0884113191
• ISBN 13: 9780884113195
• Reliure: Relié
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• Personne responsable: non disponible