Alistair MacLean (1) (1922–1987)
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Alistair MacLean was born in Glasgow, Scotland on April 28, 1922. During World War II, he served in the Royal Navy. He graduated with a degree in English from Glasgow University. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a teacher. He wrote numerous books including HMS Ulysses, The Guns of vis mere Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, Dark Crusader, Satan Bug, Captain Cook: A Biography, and Santorini. He also wrote The Black Shrike and The Satan Bug under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. Several of his books were adapted into movies including The Secret Ways, Fear Is the Key, and When Eight Bells Toll. He also wrote several original screenplays including Breakheart Pass and conceived an adventure drama for television entitled The Hostage Towers. He died of heart failure on February 2, 1987 at the age of 64. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Alistair MacLean
The Complete Navarone 4-Book Collection: The Guns of Navarone, Force Ten From Navarone, Storm Force from Navarone,… (2008) 45 eksemplarer
Where Eagles Dare / H.M.S. Ulysses / Ice Station Zebra / When Eight Bells Toll / The Guns of Navarone (1980) 35 eksemplarer
Night Without End (Oxford Bookworms Simplified Elt Readers: 2500 Headwords: Stage 6: Advanced Level) (2000) 19 eksemplarer
Alistair MacLean Arctic Chillers (Night Without End, Ice Station Zebra, Bear Island, Athabasca) (2005) 16 eksemplarer
H.M.S. Ulysses / The Guns of Navarone / Where Eagles Dare / Force Ten from Navarone (1984) 10 eksemplarer
When Eight Bells Toll / San Andreas / The Lonely Sea / Partisans / Ice Station Zebra (2012) 8 eksemplarer
Alistair MacLean's Sea Thrillers (San Andreas | The Golden Rendezvous | Seawitch | Santorini) (2013) 7 eksemplarer
The Alistair Maclean Omnibus (H.M.S. Ulysses / The Guns of Navarone / Force 10 From Navarone) (1976) 7 eksemplarer
The Big MacLean Book: The Guns of Navarone / The Last Frontier / The Golden Rendezvous (1970) 6 eksemplarer
Five Great War Stories: H.M.S. Ulysses / The Guns of Navarone / South by Java Head / Where Eagles Dare / Force 10 from… (1978) 6 eksemplarer
Four Great Adventure Stories (When Eight Bells Toll / The Golden Gate / Caravan to Vaccares / Circus) (1981) 4 eksemplarer
The Golden Rendezvous / Floodgate 3 eksemplarer
Five Great Thrillers (Fear is the Key, The Dark Crusader, The Satan Bug, Ice Station Zebra & Bear Island) (1980) 3 eksemplarer
Alistair MacLean's World War Thrillers (Where Eagles Dare|Ice Station Zebra|Fear is the Key) (2020) 2 eksemplarer
Time of the Assassins 2 eksemplarer
Alistair MacLean Omnibus: Volume 2: H.M.S. Ulysses, Force 10 Ten from Navarone, and, When Eight Bells Toll (1987) 2 eksemplarer
Seawitch / Breakheart Pass / Goodbye California 1 eksemplar
Five cased novels: The Golden Gate, Force 10 From Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, The Golden Rendezvous, The Guns of… (1978) 1 eksemplar
Athabasca / Hostage Tower / River of Death 1 eksemplar
Where Eagles Dare, Satan Bug, Way to a Dusty Death, Circus, Partisans, Black Shrike, Fear Is the Key, Floodgate, Ice… (1960) 1 eksemplar
Partisans / Puppets on a Chain 1 eksemplar
Three Grand Complete Books in One: Fear Is the Key, Do You Know This Voice? & The Crossroads (1959) 1 eksemplar
Where Eagles Dare/ Partisans / The Golden Gate / Caravan to Vacares / Goodbye California / Force 10 from Navarone (1900) 1 eksemplar
Where Eagles Dare / H.M.S. Ulysses / Puppet on a Chain / Night without End / The Satan Bug / Golden Rendezvous / The… (1998) 1 eksemplar
The Golden Rendezvous [condensed] 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: WWII Battlefront Europe: Kelly's Heroes / Where Eagles Dare / The Dirty Dozen /… (2009) 14 eksemplarer
Puppet on a Chain [1971 film] — Original book — 6 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Devil Water / The Golden Rendezvous / Microbe Hunters / To Sir with Love (1963) 3 eksemplarer
Best-in-Books (Night Without End / The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned / Who, Me? / Half Angel / The Slender Thread) (1960) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- MacLean, Alistair Stuart
- Andre navne
- Stuart, Ian
- Fødselsdato
- 1922-04-18
- Dødsdag
- 1987-02-02
- Begravelsessted
- Vieux Cemetery, Céligny, Geneva, Switzerland
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Schotland
- Fødested
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Dødssted
- Munich, Germany
- Dødsårsag
- heart failure/stroke
- Bopæl
- Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Geneva, Switzerland - Uddannelse
- University of Glasgow (English ∙ MA Hons ∙ 1950)
- Erhverv
- novelist
teacher (Gallowfleet Secondary School)
screenwriter - Relationer
- MacLean, Alistair (father)
MacLean, Shona (niece) - Organisationer
- Royal Navy (WWII)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- University of Glasgow (D.Litt|1983)
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- Popularitet
- #801
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- ISBN
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