Background
Maclean, Alistair was born in 1922 in Scotland.
( A timeless classic of modern-day piracy from the acclai...)
A timeless classic of modern-day piracy from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Aboard the SS Campari, all is not well. For Johnny Carter, the Chief Officer, the voyage has already begun badly; but it’s only when the Campari sails that evening, after a succession of delays that he realises something is seriously wrong. A member of the crew is suddenly missing and the stern-to-stern search only serves to increase tension. Then violence erupts and suddenly the whole ship is in danger. Is the Campari a victim of modern day piracy? And what of the strange cargo hidden below the decks?
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( From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The a...)
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic. Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king. With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; women in distress and above all – murder.
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( Reissue of the gripping tale of sabotage at sea, from t...)
Reissue of the gripping tale of sabotage at sea, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. In the heart of the Aegean Sea, a luxury yacht is on fire and sinking fast. Minutes later, a four-engined jet with a fire in its nose-cone crashes into the sea. Is there a sinister connection between these two tragedies? And is it an accident that the Ariadne, a NATO spy ship, is the only vessel in the vicinity - the only witness? Only Commander Talbot of the Ariadne can provide the answers as he uncovers a deadly plot involving drugs and terrorism - leading to the heart of the Pentagon.
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( Reissue of the classic tale of suspense set in Provence...)
Reissue of the classic tale of suspense set in Provence, where an English tourist investigates a series of mysterious deaths, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. From all over Europe, even from behind the Iron Curtain, gypsies make an annual pilgrimage to the holy shrine of their patron saint in the Provence region of southern France. But something is different about this year's gathering, with many suspicious deaths. Cecile Dubois and Neil Bowman decide to investigate. Eavesdropping, Bowman discovers that a man named Gaiuse Strome is financing the gypsies, and his suspicions on the real identity of Strome center on a highly wealthy aristocrat, distinguished folklorist and gastronome, Le Grand Duc Charles de Croytor, whose girlfriend Lila Delafont is a friend of Cecile. As they follow the caravan, Bowman and Cecile find that their lives in danger many times in an effort to uncover the secret the gypsies are so determined to hide, and before long are running for their lives.
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(Alistair Maclean 15 Books Collection Pack Set RRP: ú104.8...)
Alistair Maclean 15 Books Collection Pack Set RRP: ú104.85 Title In This Collection Are:- The Lonely Sea South By Java Head San Andreas The Guns Of Navarone Fear Is The Key H.M.S Ulysses Force 10 From Navarone Night Without End PARTISANS Where Eagles Dare The Last Frontier Puppet On A Chain Ice Station Zebra When Eight Bells Toll Circus The Lonely Sea South By Java Head San Andreas The Guns Of Navarone Fear Is The Key H.M.S Ulysses Force 10 From Navarone Night Without End PARTISANS Where Eagles Dare The Last Frontier Puppet On A Chain Ice Station Zebra When Eight Bells Toll Circus Eight Allied agents -- seven men and a woman -- parachute onto a mountainside behind enemy lines in wartime Germany. Their mission: to rescue an American general before the Nazis can force him to reveal secret D-Day plans. Force 10 from Navarone by Alistair MacLean description The thrilling sequel to Alistair MacLean's masterpiece of World War II adventure, The Guns of Navarone. Now reissued in a new cover style. The guns of Navarone have been silenced, but the heroic survivors have no time to rest on their laurels. Almost before the last echoes of the famous guns have died away, Keith Mallory, Andrea and Dusty Miller are parachuting into war-torn Yugoslavia to rescue a division of Partisans ! and to fulfil a secret mission, so deadly that it must be hidden from their own allies.
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( Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a...)
Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across the Barents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, for some on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to the producer and screenwriter. En route, members of the movie crew and ship's company begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor, Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent, multi-layered plot in which very few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be. Marlowe's efforts to unravel the plot become even more complicated once the movie crew is deposited ashore on Bear Island, beyond the reach of the law or outside help. The murders continue ashore, and Marlowe, who is not what he seems to be either, discovers they may be related to some forgotten events of the Second World War.
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(This is a collection of 15 novels by Alistair MacLean, al...)
This is a collection of 15 novels by Alistair MacLean, all printed by Fawcett between 1958 and 1990. It was not issued as a set, but was grouped together for the convenience to the buyer and to save the buyer from paying for individual shipping on 15 orders. This is a steal, as the shipping alone on 15 books individually is about the same as the asking price for the lot. If you have any questions regarding individual titles or the package, please feel free to ask the seller.
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( A classic novel of ruthless revenge set in the steel ju...)
A classic novel of ruthless revenge set in the steel jungle of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico – and on the sea bed below it. Now reissued in a new cover style. A sunken DC-3 lying on the Caribbean floor. Its cargo: ten million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold ingots, emeralds and uncut diamonds guarded by the remains of two men, one woman and a very small boy. The fortune was there for the taking, and ready to grab it were a blue-blooded oilman with his own offshore rig, a gangster so cold and independent that even the Mafia couldn’t do business with him and a psychopathic hired assassin. Against them stood one man, and those were his people, those skeletons in their watery coffin. His name was Talbot, and he would bury his dead – but only after he had avenged their murders.
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( Four classic tales of adventure at sea, from the master...)
Four classic tales of adventure at sea, from the master of action and suspense, available for the first time in this e-bundle. Discover why Alistair MacLean was the most popular thriller writer of his generation in these four classic stories of the sea, from the treacherous frozen seas of the north Atlantic, to the warmer but no less deadly waters of the Caribbean and Mediterranean. San Andreas – For a British hospital ship sailing deadly U-boat patrolled Norwegian waters, a nightmare of violence and betrayal has begun, a nerve-shredding game of sabotage in which an unknown traitor among the crew holds all the cards and who is determined to drive the San Andreas into the enemy’s hands. The Golden Rendezvous – For Johnny Carter, Chief Officer on the SS Campari, the luxury cruise begins badly before getting much worse. Mounting tension on the ship explodes into violence as modern-day pirates move in for the kill. But this is no mere hijacking. Their target is a fortune in gold bullion; and their weapon is a nuclear time-bomb… Seawitch – The massive oil-rig is the hub of a great empire and the pride of its ruthless billionaire owner, Lord Worth. Worth cares about only two things: Seawitch and his two daughters. One man knows this: John Cronkite, troubleshooter for the world’s top oilmen and Worth’s former victim. Cronkite wants revenge and during one terrifying week Worth’s world will explode. Santorini – In the Aegean Sea a luxury yacht is on fire; minutes later a four-engine jet crashes into the sea. Is there a connection, and is it an accident that a NATO ship is the only witness? Only Commander Talbot can provide the answers as he uncovers a deadly plot involving terrorism and drugs which leads him right to the heart of the Pentagon.
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( Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in...)
Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea--and investigations by the British Secret Service, and a sixth sense, have brought Philip Calvert to a bleak, lonely bay in the Western Highlands. But the sleepy atmosphere of Torbay is deceptive: many mysterious disappearances have occurred there, and even the unimaginative Highland Police Sergeant seems to be involved. But why? This high-stakes heist story shows Alistair Maclean at his enthralling best, with all the edge-of-the-seat suspense and dry humor that millions of readers have devoured for years.
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( Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and the dark s...)
Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and the dark secrets of a lost city in the Brazilian jungle, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. THE LOST CITY Hamilton knows the way to the ruins deep in the Brazilian jungle - and the secret they hold. The millionaire who calls himself Smith seeks the lost city to avenge a wrong from his hidden past. Their journey down the River of Death is an epic of violence and danger. But the secret that awaits them in the lost city is more dangerous still - as a legacy of theft, treachery and murder stretching back to war-torn Europe comes to a deadly climax beneath the ancient walls.
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(Classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. Feb...)
Classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army, as the last boat slips out of the harbour into the South China Sea. On board are a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what is the dissolute Englishman, Farnholme? The elegant Dutch planter, Van Effen? The strangely beautiful Eurasian girl, Gudrun? The slave trader, Siran? The smiling and silent Nicholson who is never without his gun? Only one thing is certain: the rotting tramp steamer is a floating death trap, carrying a cargo of human TNT. Dawn sees them far out to sea but with the first murderous dive bombers already aimed at their ship. Thus begins an ordeal few are to survive, a nightmare succession of disasters wrought by the hell-bent Japanese, the unrelenting tropical sun and by the survivors themselves, whose hatred and bitterness divides them one against the other.Written after the acclaimed and phenomenally successful HMS Ulysses and The Guns of Navarone, this was MacLean s third book, and it contains all the hallmarks of those other two classics. Rich with stunning visual imagery, muscular narrative power, brutality, courage and breathtaking excitement.
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( Reissue of the tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot se...)
Reissue of the tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEARED BLACKMAIL The mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF - an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain’s hand. SUBTERFUGE The Dutch call in Detective Lieutenant van Effen - feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang - to sabotage the FFF’s plan. DISASTER If van Effen fails and the FFF get control of the vital dyke, either Holland will sink beneath the sea or Britain will be awash with blood.
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( Presented for the first time, three classic war novels ...)
Presented for the first time, three classic war novels from the generals of the genre, Len Deighton, Jack Higgins & Alistair MacLean. Prepare to be blown away by these explosive thrillers: WINTER The epic prelude to Deighton’s acclaimed Bernard Samson spy series, in which the complex lives of two brothers unfold during the dramatic rise of Nazi Germany between two world wars. THE EAGLE HAS FLOWN Sequel to Higgins’ legendary The Eagle Has Landed. The mission to assassinate Winston Churchill has failed, but two of the ringleaders are still alive and now the Reichsfuhrer is demanding the Eagle’s return – at all costs. SOUTH BY JAVA HEAD 1942: Singapore lies shattered, overrun by the conquering Japanese army, as the last boat slips out to sea. On board, a desperate group of people, each with a secret they will kill to protect. Ahead lie murderous dive-bombers, the fierce tropical sun, and the hell-bent Japanese, who will stop at nothing to prevent the boat escaping south by Java Head.
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( The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed ma...)
The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style. Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast, waiting to die. Twelve hundred lives in jeopardy, lives that could be saved if only the guns could be silenced. The guns of Navarone, vigilant, savage and catastrophically accurate. Navarone itself, grim bastion of narrow straits manned by a mixed garrison of Germans and Italians, an apparently impregnable iron fortress. To Captain Keith Mallory, skllled saboteur, trained mountaineer, fell the task of leading the small party detailed to scale the vast, impossible precipice of Navarone and to blow up the guns. The Guns of Navarone is the story of that mission, the tale of a calculated risk taken in the time of war…
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(In this career-spanning collection of short fiction, mast...)
In this career-spanning collection of short fiction, master storyteller and former Royal Navy seaman Alistair MacLean is truly in his element--writing about the sea and its power and about the men and women who sail it. MacLean's distinctive voice is evident from his very first, prize-winning short story, "The Dileas," and retains his characteristic dry humor and suspenseful pacing through every tale that follows. A gripping treasury of vintage MacLean, "The Lonely Sea" presents all his short works about the sea in one book for the first time, including two stories that were never published during his lifetime.
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( From all over Europe, even from behind the Iron Curtain...)
From all over Europe, even from behind the Iron Curtain, gypsies make an annual pilgrimage to the shrine of their patron saint in Provence. But at this year’s gathering, people are mysteriously dying. Intrepid sleuths Cecile Dubois and Neil Bowman join the caravan in order to uncover the truth behind the deaths, in the process revealing an international plot that the sinister Gaiuse Strome will stop at nothing to keep secret.
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( A classic tale of espionage, secret missions and exotic...)
A classic tale of espionage, secret missions and exotic locations which out-Bonds Bond, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Eight job advertisements. Eight jobs. Eight specialists in modern technology required. Eight scientists to fill them. Applicants to be married, with no children, and prepared to travel. Highly persuasive salaries. One criminal mastermind. Eight positions filled. Eight scientists - and their wives - disappear. Completely. One secret agent to stop him. Advertisment no.9. Sydney, Australia. Fuel specialist required. Looks like a job for John Bentall…
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( A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the ...)
A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highly acclaimed master of the genre. The Rocky Mountains, Winter 1873… One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West. Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for the cholera-stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board are the Governor of Nevada, the daughter of the fort’s commander and a US marshal escorting a notorious outlaw. Between them and safety are the hostile Paiute Indians – and a man who will stop at nothing, not even murder…
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(Directly from their successful mission to destroy the Gun...)
Directly from their successful mission to destroy the Guns of Navarone, Mallory and his team are ordered to undertake a new mission in WW2 Yugoslavia. Another great adventure from MacLean.
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( As the Morning Rose ploughs through wintry Arctic seas ...)
As the Morning Rose ploughs through wintry Arctic seas toward Bear Island, ship’s doctor Christopher Marlowe is kept busy attending to the seasick passengers--a film unit being sent to make a film so secret that none of them knows much about it. As passengers and crew begin dying, he realizes that the Morning Rose has a murderer on board. Once on the island, Marlowe must contend against weather, terrain, and ruthless adversaries as events build to a brutal climax in the darkness of the Polar night.
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( Four classic tales of adventure in the frozen north, fr...)
Four classic tales of adventure in the frozen north, from the master of action and suspense, available for the first time in this e-bundle. Discover why Alistair MacLean was the most popular thriller writer of his generation in these four classic stories of the frozen north – a deadly military submarine mission in the Arctic Ocean, a murder mystery in the darkness of the Polar night,a terrorist-induced plane crash in Iceland, and high-stakes sabotage in the pipelines of the Alaskan oil fields… Night Without End – An airliner crashes in the polar ice-cap 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The ten survivors seek refuge at a remote scientific research station In temperatures 40 degrees below freezing. But which of them killed the pilot before the crash, and why? Ice Station Zebra – The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting in the ice floes north of the Arctic Circle. But the orders do not say that the fire was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer… Bear Island – A film crew sails north to a barren Arctic island – with a killer on board. As passengers and crew start dying, a wartime graveyard of ships and men explodes in violence once more… Athabasca – Two of the most important oil fields in the world have been sabotaged: one in Canada, the other in Alaska. As targets fall, a deadly and efficient enemy is intent on causing the utmost destruction.
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( February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, d...)
February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenseless before the conquering Japanese Army. A boat slips out of the harbor into the South China Sea. On board is a desperate, disparate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. By dawn they are traveled far--but are still within range of the murderous dive bombers aimed at their ship. Few will survive the nightmarish succession of disasters wrought by the Japanese, the unrelenting tropical sun, and the passengers themselves.Soon it becomes a desperate battle of wills and wits to stay alive as the ship journeys south by Java Head.
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( A classic thriller from the bestselling master of actio...)
A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense. The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice-floes of the Arctic Ocean to locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere north of the Arctic Circle. But the orders do not say what the Dolphin will find if she succeeds – that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer…
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( Reissue of the classic tale of terrorism, where a crimi...)
Reissue of the classic tale of terrorism, where a criminal fanatic is hell-bent on blasting San Francisco into the ocean, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. 'Earthquake country,' said the Professor. 'San Francisco is geologically and seismologically a city that waits to die. Los Angeles is ringed by earthquake centres - seven massive quakes so far. We have no idea where the next, the monster, will hit…' …until a criminal fanatic kidnaps a nuclear scientist and builds his own atomic bombs. If exploded on California's fault lines they could trigger off the mightiest earthquake of them all - killing half its population and dumping the entire city of San Francisco into the sea. Goodbye California…
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( Johnny Harlow seems to have it all: he's good looking, ...)
Johnny Harlow seems to have it all: he's good looking, desired by women, and envied by men; he's also the reigning Formula One world champion and the poster boy for the world's most thrilling and richly financed sport. But after a wreck kills his best friend and maims his girlfriend, he takes a hard turn and is driven to drink. Johnny realizes something is rotten in his beloved sport: too many things are going wrong in too many races. And when he is the apparent cause of the latest accident, he decides the time has come to sort things out. But what he begins to uncover has nothing to do with cars...and there are people will do anything to prevent him from discovering the truth.
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(First U. S. Edition bound in gray cloth. About fine in DJ...)
First U. S. Edition bound in gray cloth. About fine in DJ. Owner's bookplate on front endpaper else book is Fine. Bright, clean DJ has minor rubbing at the spine tips. Not price clipped.
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(Icelandic language translation of the Alistair MacLean no...)
Icelandic language translation of the Alistair MacLean novel, THE DARK CRUSADER, with dust jacket. The novel was originally published in 1962; this edition was published in Icelandic for the first time in 1986. Synopsis: "Eight job advertisements. Eight jobs. Eight specialists in modern technology required. Eight scientists to fill them. Applicants to be married, with no children, and prepared to travel. Highly persuasive salaries. One criminal mastermind. Eight positions filled. Eight scientists - and their wives - disappear. Completely. One secret agent to stop him. Advertisment #9. Sydney, Australia. Fuel specialist required. Looks like a job for John Bentall . . .
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(All books are hardcovers, some first edition, some book c...)
All books are hardcovers, some first edition, some book club editions, some repeat editions... SEE PHOTOS!!
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( The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed ma...)
The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style. One winter night, seven men and a woman are parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime Germany. Their objective: an apparently inaccessible castle, headquarters of the Gestapo. Their mission: to rescue a crashed American general before the Nazi interrogators can force him to reveal secret D-Day plans.
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( Reissue of the nail-biting tale of sabotage set in the ...)
Reissue of the nail-biting tale of sabotage set in the desolate frozen wastes of two ice-bound oil fields, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. SABOTAGE! THE VICTIMS Two of the most important oil-fields in the world - one in Canada, the other in Alaska. THE SABOTEURS An unknown quantity - deadly and efficient. The oil flow could be interrupted in any one of thousands of places down the trans-Alaskan pipeline. THE RESULT Catastrophe. One man, Jim Brady, is called in to save the life-blood of the world as unerringly, the chosen targets fall at the hands of a hidden enemy…
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(From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all...)
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic. An airliner crashes in the polar ice-cap. In temperatures 40 degrees below zero, six men and four women survive. But for the members of a remote scientific research station who rescue them, there are some sinister questions to answer -- the first one being, who shot the pilot before the crash?
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(8vo, Orange boards, gilt letters. Light foxing. DJ is pri...)
8vo, Orange boards, gilt letters. Light foxing. DJ is price clipped. Has a 1/2 inch tear on front and rear panels. Owner's stamp on front free page. 255 pages.
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( In this all-too-timely thriller, an apocalyptic bio-wea...)
In this all-too-timely thriller, an apocalyptic bio-weapon capable of destroying life on Earth--the lethal Satan Bug--has been stolen from a fortress-like research center. Special agent Pierre Cavell is sent to investigate this baffling locked-door mystery, and he has just 24 hours to solve the case before a madman calling himself an environmentalist makes good on an ultimatum: destroy the research center or he will unleash the deadly plague upon the world.
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(According to the Geneva Convention, red crosses on a ship...)
According to the Geneva Convention, red crosses on a ship guarantee immunity from enemy attack. The San Andreas is a hospital ship, but the members of her crew do not believe that the red crosses on her sides will keep her safe. The author also wrote "Where Eagles Dare".
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( A tense and nerve-shattering classic from the highly ac...)
A tense and nerve-shattering classic from the highly acclaimed masster of action and suspense. A ROLLING FOR KNOX is how the journalists describe the Presidential motorcade as it enters San Francisco across the Golden Gate. Even the ever-watchful FBI believe it is impregnable – as it has to be with the President and two Arab potentates aboard. But halfway across the bridge the unthinkable happens. Before the eyes of the world a master criminal pulls off the most spectacular kidnapping in modern times…
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( Collection of riveting tales of the sea including the s...)
Collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched his writing career, the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck, and two new stories collected here for the first time. THE MASTER STORYTELLER IN HIS ELEMENT… Alistair MacLean has an unmistakable and unrivalled skill in writing about the sea and its power and about the men and women who sail it, and who fight and die in it. His distinctive voice was evident from his very first prize-winning story, ‘The Dileas’, and has been heard time and again in his international career as the author of such bestsellers as H.M.S. Ulysses and San Andreas. The Lonely Sea starts where MacLean’s career started, with ‘The Dileas’, and collects together his stories of the sea. Here is a treasury of vintage MacLean, compelling and brilliant, where the master storyteller is in his element. This reissue includes two new stories, ‘The Good Samaritan’ and ‘The Black Storm’, which bear all the classic hallmarks of MacLean’s finest writing and are published here for the very first time.
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(A VERY RARE FIVE HARDCOVER BOOK SET IN RUSSIAN WITH BLACK...)
A VERY RARE FIVE HARDCOVER BOOK SET IN RUSSIAN WITH BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, IN NEW MINT CONDITION, 524, 487, 534, 486, 534 pages. Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses by Alistair MacLean Puppet on a Chain by Alistair MacLean Night Without End by Alistair MacLean Satan Bug by Alistair MacLean Golden Rendezvous by Alistair Maclean Dark Crusader by Alistair Maclean Bear Island by Maclean Alistair
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( This classic World War II thriller epitomizes intrigue ...)
This classic World War II thriller epitomizes intrigue and white-knuckle suspense. Seven men and a woman, part of a team of British special forces, parachute onto a mountainside in wartime Germany. Their mission is to enter the seemingly impenetrable Castle of the Eagle, headquarters of the German Secret Service. Once inside, they must save a captured American general before Nazi interrogators can force him to reveal secret D-Day plans. But this daring rescue is not as straightforward as it seems. As team members begin to die, it becomes clear that someone in the group is determined to sabotage the mission. Is there a double agent among them? Where Eagles Dare is an irresistible spy story with a startling twist.
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(Title In This Collection Are:- Force 10 from Navarone San...)
Title In This Collection Are:- Force 10 from Navarone San Andreas Rendezvous Athabasca Seawitch The Lonely Sea: Collected Sea Stories Circus The Way to Dusty Death River of Death The Last Frontier Goodbye California Night without End Puppet on a Chain Santorini The Partisans Santorini Reissue of the gripping tale of sabotage at sea, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. In the heart of the Aegean Sea, a luxury yacht is on fire and sinking fast. Minutes later, a four-engined jet with a fire in its nose-cone crashes into the sea. Is there a sinister connection between these two tragedies? And is it an accident that the Ariadne, a NATO spy ship, is the only vessel in the vicinity - the only witness? Only Commander Talbot of the Ariadne can provide the answers as he uncovers a deadly plot involving drugs and terrorism - leading to the heart of the Pentagon. About the Author Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. After the war he read English at Glasgow University and became a schoolmaster. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser were to give him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed.
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(Front cover: Master storyteller Alistair MacLean When Eig...)
Front cover: Master storyteller Alistair MacLean When Eight Bells Toll Now a thrilling motion picture Back cover: For sheer narrative power, for incredible non-stop action, no one can match Alistair MacLean, today's undisputed master of the adventure novel. WHEN EIGHT BELLS TOLL out-does even NAVARONE in excitement. ... "MacLean winds his tale tighter and tighter, until only the most strong-willed reader could possibly tear himself away." - Book Week
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(Hardcover Publisher: William Collins & Sons (1984) Lang...)
Hardcover Publisher: William Collins & Sons (1984) Language: English ISBN-10: 1850520119 ISBN-13: 978-1850520115 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
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( An undercover mission beyond the Iron Curtain to recove...)
An undercover mission beyond the Iron Curtain to recover a defected scientist goes disastrously wrong – a classic early Cold War thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style. Michael Reynolds was going insane … slowly but inevitably insane. And the most terrible part of it was that he knew it. Since the last forced injection, there had been nothing he could do about the relentless onset of this madness. The more he struggled to ignore the symptoms, the more acutely he became aware of them, the deeper into his mind dug those fiendish chemical claws that were tearing his mind apart…
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The tale of murder and revenge set on a remote oil rig, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. SEAWITCH The massive oil-rig is the hub of a great empire, the pride of its billionaire owner. Lord Worth, predatory and ruthless, has clawed his way to great wealth. Now, he cares for only two things - Seawitch and his two high-spirited daughters. One man knows this: John Cronkite, trouble-shooter for the world's top oilmen and Worth's ex-victim, is spoiling for revenge. In one terrifying week, Worth's world explodes.
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The Guns of Navarone and its three sequels, in which the same characters are sent on other wartime missions, together in one volume for the first time to mark the 50th anniversary of the original book . THE GUNS OF NAVARONE Mallory, Miller and Andrea are united into a lethally effective team. Their mission: to silence the impregnable guns set in the tall cliffs of Navarone. On their success or failure rests one of the most critical offensives of the Second World War. FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE Almost before the last echoes of the famous guns have died away, the three Navarone heroes are parachuted into war-torn Yugoslavia to rescue a division of partisans and fulfil a secret mission, so deadly that it must be hidden even from their own allies.
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Breakheart Pass is a novel by Alistair MacLean, first published in 1974. It was a departure for MacLean in that, despite the thriller novel plot, the setting is essentially that of a western novel, set in America in the 19th century. Fans of Maclean will recognize the usual plots twists, thrill-packed finale, and trademark sardonic dialogue. Unfortunately, for American audiences, Maclean was less successful capturing an authentic tone of the frontier American West, and the 1975 movie version proved to be more popular with fans than the novel The story begins with a perilous winter railroad journey through the Nevada Territory in the 1870s in the midst of a blizzard. Aboard the train are Nevada governor Fairchild and his niece Marica, along with U.S. cavalry Colonel Claremont and two carloads of troops. Joining them are U.S. Marshal Pearce, the governor's aide, and Pearce's old Army buddy Major O'Brien. Pearce, a lawman and Indian agent was transporting dangerous murderer and gunman John Deakin. Their destination was the remote Fort Humboldt deep in the Nevada mountains, which has recently suffered from a cholera epidemic that has decimated the troops. Dr. Molyneaux, a tropical disease expert is also accompanying the group. As the journey continues we slowly learn that all is not what it seems, and that none of the characters is telling the whole truth. Maclean meticulously obliterates the lines defining exactly which characters are the good guys are and which are the bad. As the story winds down the cunningly deviousness nature of the plan is finally revealed.
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The Guns of Navarone and its three sequels, in which the same characters are sent on other wartime missions, together in one volume for the first time to mark the 50th anniversary of the original book . THE GUNS OF NAVARONE Mallory, Miller and Andrea are united into a lethally effective team. Their mission: to silence the impregnable guns set in the tall cliffs of Navarone. On their success or failure rests one of the most critical offensives of the Second World War.
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Gripping and tense story of secret agents, even more secret government facilities, and a deadly virus, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. HELL IS ABOUT TO BE UNLEASHED… Five strands of high-voltage wire, 200 yards of bare ground and double barbed wire fences patrolled by armed guards with dogs separated Mordon Research Centre from the outside world. Yet behind the locked doors of E block, a scientist lies dead, and a new toxin of terrifying power has vanished…
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The classic tale of high-octane adventure set in the world of 1970s Formula One, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Johnny Harlow seems to have it all: he's good looking, desired by women, and envied by men; he's also the reigning Formula One world champion, the poster-boy for the world's most thrilling and richly financed sport. But a recent devastating accident has driven him to drink. And now his beloved sport is changing: too many things are going wrong in too many races. And when Johnny is the apparent cause of the latest accident, he decides the time has come to sort things out. But what he finds has nothing to do with cars, and some people will do anything to prevent him from discovering the truth…
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Maclean, Alistair was born in 1922 in Scotland.
Student, Glasgow University.
Former teacher junior secondary school, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland. Author, screenwriter, 1955-1987.
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Served with Royal Navy, World World War World War II.