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.

During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. : 19 cm Notes This book contains pen marking. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. Pied piper by Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 Publication date 1956 Publisher Melbourne London : Heinemann Collection inlibrary printdisabled trentuniversity internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English 287 p. Pied Piper is a poignant tale of love and loss and the loneliness of old age. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. One of Nevil Shutes most exciting novels, Pied Piper is the gripping story of one elderly mans daring attempt to rescue a group of children during the.

After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. Nevil Shute Norway was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. He ends up leading this motley group of youngsters through the French countryside, constantly beset by danger yet heroically protecting his charges.

As the conflict grows closer the roads become impassable and Howard also comes across five more children who need his help. However, during his stay the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children of some friends who are forced to stay behind in order to help the Allied war effort. John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. An elderly gentlemans fishing holiday in the Jura is threatened by the German advance across France.

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