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Trustee from the Toolroom
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- Narrator
- Frank Muller
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 11 November 2011
- Run Time
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Keith Stewart is a quiet and unassuming man called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. A skilled maker of miniature working models, he lives a modest life devoted to his hobby. But when his sister and her wealthy husband die in a shipwreck on a coral reef in the Pacific—while trying to smuggle out of England their entire fortune in diamonds hidden in the keel of their yacht—Keith becomes trustee for his orphaned niece. To save her from destitution he must travel halfway around the world and risk a long voyage in a small boat in inhospitable waters to recover her inheritance. In the course of his adventure-filled quest, a colorful and international cast of characters mobilize to help him, and this humble man discovers he has more friends and admirers than he could have dared to imagine.
“Something about this author’s calm, deliberate style creates unexpected excitement. … We are warmed by the justice and sheer pleasure of it.”—The Independent
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Details
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- Narrator
- Frank Muller
- Duration
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 November 2011
- ISBN
- 9781461812357
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Keith Stewart is a quiet and unassuming man called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. A skilled maker of miniature working models, he lives a modest life devoted to his hobby. But when his sister and her wealthy husband die in a shipwreck on a coral reef in the Pacific—while trying to smuggle out of England their entire fortune in diamonds hidden in the keel of their yacht—Keith becomes trustee for his orphaned niece. To save her from destitution he must travel halfway around the world and risk a long voyage in a small boat in inhospitable waters to recover her inheritance. In the course of his adventure-filled quest, a colorful and international cast of characters mobilize to help him, and this humble man discovers he has more friends and admirers than he could have dared to imagine. “Something about this author’s calm, deliberate style creates unexpected excitement. … We are warmed by the justice and sheer pleasure of it.”—The Independent
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