An Old Captivity - Softcover

Shute, Nevil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099530120 ISBN 13: 9780099530121

Publisher: Vintage Classics, 2009

Synopsis

Young pilot Donald Ross has little in common with the Oxford don who has employed him on an expedition to the Arctic - and still less with his beautiful but stubborn daughter, Alix. But once the three of them reach the treacherous shores of Greenland their destinies are inextricably bound by the events that unfold there.

About this title

About the Author

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099530120
• ISBN 13: 9780099530121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288