Diver

'Diver' is an honest, moving and sometimes hilarious account of a hair-raisingly exciting career, both in the Royal Navy and in commercial deep-sea diving-training.

Subject
biography
Setting
EnglandBritish
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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