![]() ![]() ![]() But it's worth it to follow the exacting twists and turns as an "every-day man" plans and executes and outsmarts the legal systems of the UK in particular to secure the righteous inheritance for his niece, for whom he is the trustee. If you are a bit glossy-eyed from the previous sentence, you will "get" the feeling at times during this 300-ish page work. "Trustee" is a good example of the use of his engineering background, with plenty of technical descriptions of the weather, sailing, airplanes, yachts, aviation techniques, machining methods for metal, and the handling of temperatures of fluids in hot systems. ![]() He was born in the UK in 1899 and lived in Australia for the last ten years of his life, passing away in 1960 at a relatively early age. Shute was a professional engineer in the aeronautical field for many years, before focusing on his writing, and eventually publishing twenty-three works, all with the same firm. ![]()
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