So Disdained
by Nevil Shute | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 184232294x Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 184232294x Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by SwissShutist from Ostermundigen, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Friday, June 18, 2004
Also published as The Mysterious Aviator
On a rain-swept night on the Sussex Downs in the uneasy peace between the wars, Peter Moran stopped his car to give a lift to a man. His unexpected passenger turned out to be an old wartime comrade, a pilot who had just crash-landed a high-speed French bomber. Trapped between two loyalties, enmeshed in a tangled skein of treason, Moran was about to be swept into a desperate manhunt across Europe...
Dt. Titel:In fremdem Auftrag
Nevil Shute Norway worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers before setting up his own airship company. He served in both world wars and was a commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, working on secret projects. He flew his own aircraft to Australia to research On the Beach, before settling there permanently. His books are based on his own wartime and aircraft industry experiences. Also author of A Town Like Alice.
Pan paperback 1983, ISBN 0 330 10478 0
On a rain-swept night on the Sussex Downs in the uneasy peace between the wars, Peter Moran stopped his car to give a lift to a man. His unexpected passenger turned out to be an old wartime comrade, a pilot who had just crash-landed a high-speed French bomber. Trapped between two loyalties, enmeshed in a tangled skein of treason, Moran was about to be swept into a desperate manhunt across Europe...
Dt. Titel:In fremdem Auftrag
Nevil Shute Norway worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers before setting up his own airship company. He served in both world wars and was a commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, working on secret projects. He flew his own aircraft to Australia to research On the Beach, before settling there permanently. His books are based on his own wartime and aircraft industry experiences. Also author of A Town Like Alice.
Pan paperback 1983, ISBN 0 330 10478 0
