Shaun Lewis

Richard Miller is the second-in-command of the submarine D2. His captain, Lieutenant Johnson, has previously withheld a recommendation for command - Richard is too ill at ease with his men and too fond of his Bible. Just as Johnson changes his opinion, the submarine is involved in a tragic accident and sinks, leaving Johnson dead and the survivors trapped on the seabed with a diminishing air supply. It's a race against time for Richard to save his men.In March 1912, Richard's cousin, Elizabeth Miller, is an activist in the Women's Social and Political Union, standing alongside the Pankhursts to gain the vote for women. When Elizabeth faces arrest and is later imprisoned, Richard comes to her aid and the two become engaged, to the disapproval of his mother. War is brewing, and no one knows what the future brings.After her father dies and her brother goes off to fight, Elizabeth is left to run Miller's Shipyard, building submarines and ships for the Navy, whilst Richard takes command of a submarine and heads off to war. The fight for women's equality takes a backseat to the war effort, but Elizabeth knows where women can do the most good - in her shipyard.Set in the dying days of the Edwardian era, and the violence and heartache of World War I, The Custom of the Trade is filled with rich, historical details of the hazards of life in early submarines, the successful submarine campaign in the Dardanelles and women's own battles against prejudice to gain the vote.Shaun Lewis was born in Rutland and educated in Shropshire and Scotland before joining the Royal Navy. In a career lasting twenty years he served in surface ships and submarines, as well as in appointments in intelligence and as a Chinese interpreter. He now lives in Lancashire with his wife, Hilary.

A Gripping Historical Saga about the Violence and Heartache of World War I

The Custom of the Trade

Mike Dunn

Learn how to make mobile native app development easier. If your team frequently works with both iOS and Android—or plans to transition from one to the other—this hands-on guide shows you how to perform the most common development tasks in each platform. Want to learn how to make network connections in iOS? Or how to work with a database in Android? This book has you covered. In the book’s first part, authors Shaun Lewis and Mike Dunn from O’Reilly’s mobile engineering group provide a list of common, platform-agnostic tasks. The second part helps you create a bare-bones app in each platform, using the techniques from part one. Common file and database operations Network communication with remote APIs Application lifecycle Custom views and components Threading and asynchronous work Unit and integration tests Configuring, building, and running an app on a device

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As the Great War looms, a young man stands accused by his war hero father of failing his country... Peter Miller suffers from vertigo and cannot follow into the navy his father, who once fought alongside the young Winston Churchill and later won the VC. But he is sent to spy on Germany's war preparations for the new Secret Service Bureau - set up by his father. Peter begs to be allowed to resign after having to kill a man to save his own life while posing as a German officer in France. Can Peter respond to his father's accusation of shameful cowardice? Can he find courage and win back the respect of the man he most admires? Can he do his duty and help stop a now mighty Germany hell-bent on war? Shaun Lewis's second naval thriller Now the Darkness Gathers, will appeal to admirers of John Buchan's books and A.E.W. Mason's Four Feathers, a story of sacrifice and redemption. Praise for Shaun Lewis 'For a debut, Lewis has done a great job ... what adds to the fiction is the knowledge that so much of it is based on fact. It oozes plausibility' - Roger A Price on The Custom of the Trade 'A fast-paced and engaging military adventure that unfolds against the background of early 20th century social change' - Roy Bayfield on The Custom of the Trade Shaun Lewis was born in Rutland and educated in Shropshire and Scotland before joining the Royal Navy. In a career lasting twenty years he served in surface ships and submarines, as well as in appointments in intelligence and as a Chinese interpreter. He now lives in Lancashire with his wife, Hilary. His debut novel was the naval thriller The Custom of the Trade.

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