Nevil Shute: The Engineer Who Became a Storyteller
Before Nevil Shute became one of the twentieth century’s most popular novelists, Nevil Shute Norway was an aeronautical engineer—helping build the great R100 airship, working in Britain’s emerging aircraft industry, and eventually helping found an aircraft company of his own.
And once you know that, his stories begin to look different.
In this Chesterton Radio Deep Dive, we explore the extraordinary life behind the novels and radio plays: the engineer who wrote about pilots, mechanics, craftsmen and ordinary people suddenly confronted with extraordinary circumstances.
This Deep Dive includes…
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