Editions

Most Secret

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099530084

  • Length: 352  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 245g

  • RRP: £9.99

Most Secret

In their trusty fishing boat Genevieve, armed with a flame thrower and limited ammunition, a small group of officers and men take a stand against the might of the German army after the fall of France in World War II. This is classic Shute: at once a thrilling adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat, and a heartbreaking tale of the ravages of war.

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099530084

  • Length: 352  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 245g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • A magnificent thrill; it is also a tale of character, for every member of the little ship's company is worth meeting. A book that should not be missed

    Daily Telegraph

  • No other writer has brought to fiction of this type quite the same lively sympathy and warmth of imagination or left so engaging an impression of truthfulness....Mr Shute always has good things to offer...the power to convey the springs of heroic conduct in the lightest and least assuming of tones

    Times Literary Supplement

  • Based around a group aboard a converted trawler in 1942, this is a grand tale of sacrifice and courage and superbly structured

    Express

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About the Author

Nevil Shute

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).

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