An Old Captivity (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) (Paperback)

from burnit99

Nevil Shute wrote one of the most hauntingly depressing books I've ever read, "On the Beach". I was glad to find this old-fashioned adventure novel by him, in which a pilot in the late 1930's is hired by a wealthy archaeologist to fly an aerial photography expedition to northern Greenland, in an ...

from jeffome

Another very good book in the Nevil Shute column. This is an older book that i had recently acquired, so it is way out of order in my normal reading routine. But a very enjoyable story that was way more interesting, with fairly exciting adventures flying a seaplane in harsh North Atlantic environ...

from Emma291

Interesting to go back sometimes and realize Mr Shute used similar (although I hate to use the word, but cannot come up with another) tricks in other novels. This one starts with an older, learned man telling the story and it evolves into the young man's story, which then goes back in time. Fligh...

from brone

Shute, always a good reed

from JenneB

Once again, Nevil Shute writes a book that is mainly about airplane maintenance. Once again, I cannot put it down. The ending was kind of lame though, so only 3 stars for you, Mr Shute!