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Alistair MacLean


Scotland (1922 - 1987)
Uncle of S G MacLean

aka Ian Stuart

Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots Minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941, at the age of eighteen, he joined the Royal Navy; two and a half years spent aboard a cruiser were to give him the background for 'HMS Ulysses', his first novel, the outstanding documentary novel on the war at sea. After the war he gained an English Honours degree at Glasgow University, and became a schoolmaster. In 1983, he was awarded a D. Litt. from the same university.

Maclean is the author of twenty-nine world bestsellers and recognised as an outstanding writer in his own genre. Many of his titles have been adapted for film - 'The Guns of the Navarone', 'Force Ten from Navarone', 'Where Eagles Dare' and 'Bear Island' are among the most famous. He died in 1987.
 

Genres: Thriller, Mystery
 
Novels
   HMS Ulysses (1955)
   South By Java Head (1958)
   The Last Frontier (1959)
     aka The Secret Ways
   Ice Station Zebra (1960)
   Night Without End (1960)
   The Dark Crusader (1961) (as by Ian Stuart)
     aka The Black Shrike
   Fear Is the Key (1961)
   The Golden Rendezvous (1962)
   The Satan Bug (1962) (as by Ian Stuart)
   When Eight Bells Toll (1966)
   Where Eagles Dare (1967)
   Puppet On a Chain (1969)
   Caravan to Vaccares (1970)
   Bear Island (1971)
   The Way to Dusty Death (1973)
   Breakheart Pass (1974)
   Circus (1975)
   The Golden Gate (1975)
   Seawitch (1977)
   Goodbye California (1977)
   Athabasca (1980)
   River of Death (1981)
   Partisans (1982)
   Floodgate (1983)
   San Andreas (1984)
   Santorini (1986)
   Alistair MacLean's Rendezvous (1995) (with Alastair MacNeill)
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Collections
   The Lonely Sea (1985)
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Alistair MacLean recommends
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Makalienski's Bones (1995)
Jan Webster
"Jan Webster has magic."
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Troika (1979)
David Gurr
"Mr Gurr is among the most outstanding new story-tellers I've come across."
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Mama Doll (1972)
(Giles Yoeman, book 3)
Martin Woodhouse
"Has a combination of originality, inventiveness, and technical expertise that is so rare as to be almost unique."

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