Through a series of mishaps, Henry Warren, a recently divorced City financier, ends up in hospital in a Northern town ruined by the closure of its shipyard. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity. In seeking to change the fate of the town, he radically changes his own.
ISBN: | 9780099530169 |
Publication date: | 3rd September 2009 |
Author: | Nevil Shute |
Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 269 pages |
Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Love and relationships Action Adventure Romance / Relationship Stories |