A Nice Quiet Life

This is the life story of my grandfather originally written by him during his retirement. He was an engineer, and engineering officer in the merchant navy, from 1908 to 1945. The book describes a lifetime of adventure, hardship and joy on all of the different ships he sailed. From grand liners to rusty hulks, he survived two world wars, the depression of the nineteen thirties, and even took his family with him to sea.
He almost sailed in the Titanic. During the First World War he was a volunteer tug boat engineer at the Gallipoli Landings and saved a ship from sinking from a torpedo strike. During the Second World War he survived two shipwrecks and avoided another sinking, thanks to the Enigma code breakers. He met a whole variety of people throughout the world, and became an expert Egyptologist, giving lectures at a number of places he visited.
The book also gives some details on the ships he sailed and additional research on some of the events that took place.