Trustee from the Toolroom |
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Author:
| Shute, Nevil |
ISBN: | 979-8-8471-7661-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2022 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $9.50 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.