Nevil Shute

What Happened to the Corbetts is a novel by Nevil Shute, a fictional depiction of the effect of aerial bombing on the British city of Southampton, a major maritime centre. It was written in 1938, and published in April 1939 by William Heinemann Ltd, when the outbreak of World War II was already a very likely …

Vinland the Good is the title of at least two books. It is a film script by British author Nevil Shute telling the historical story of the discovery of America by Leif Ericsson in 1003. The book was originally published in 1946 in England by Heinemann and in America by Morrow, and re-published in America in 1998 by …

Trustee from the Toolroom is a novel written by Nevil Shute. Shute died in January 1960; Trustee was published posthumously later that year.

The Rainbow and the Rose is a novel by Nevil Shute. It was first published in England in 1958 by William Heinemann.

The Far Country is a novel by Nevil Shute, first published in 1952. In this novel, Shute has some harsh things to say about the new National Health Service, as well as the socialist Labour government, themes he would later develop more fully in In the Wet. He describes the lot of the 'New Australians'; refugees who …

The Chequer Board is a novel by Nevil Shute, first published in the United Kingdom in 1947 by William Heinemann Ltd. The novel deals fairly with the question of racism within the US forces during World War II and portrays black characters with great sympathy and support.