Alistair MacLean (1) (1922–1987)
Auteur van De Kanonnen van Navarone
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Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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The Complete Navarone 4-Book Collection: The Guns of Navarone, Force Ten From Navarone, Storm Force from Navarone,… (2008) 45 exemplaren
Where Eagles Dare / H.M.S. Ulysses / Ice Station Zebra / When Eight Bells Toll / The Guns of Navarone (1980) 35 exemplaren
Night Without End (Oxford Bookworms Simplified Elt Readers: 2500 Headwords: Stage 6: Advanced Level) (2000) 19 exemplaren
Alistair MacLean Arctic Chillers (Night Without End, Ice Station Zebra, Bear Island, Athabasca) (2005) 16 exemplaren
H.M.S. Ulysses / The Guns of Navarone / Where Eagles Dare / Force Ten from Navarone (1984) 10 exemplaren
When Eight Bells Toll / San Andreas / The Lonely Sea / Partisans / Ice Station Zebra (2012) 8 exemplaren
Alistair MacLean's Sea Thrillers (San Andreas | The Golden Rendezvous | Seawitch | Santorini) (2013) 7 exemplaren
The Alistair Maclean Omnibus (H.M.S. Ulysses / The Guns of Navarone / Force 10 From Navarone) (1976) 7 exemplaren
Het grote MacLean boek,De kanonnen vanNavarone, De laatste grens, Komplot op zee (1970) 6 exemplaren
Five Great War Stories: H.M.S. Ulysses / The Guns of Navarone / South by Java Head / Where Eagles Dare / Force 10 from… (1978) 6 exemplaren
Four Great Adventure Stories (When Eight Bells Toll / The Golden Gate / Caravan to Vaccares / Circus) (1981) 4 exemplaren
Het nieuwe grote MacLean boek Omnibus : Circus - Karavaan naar vacarés - Valse start (1980) 4 exemplaren
Komplot op Zee/Hoog water 3 exemplaren
Five Great Thrillers (Fear is the Key, The Dark Crusader, The Satan Bug, Ice Station Zebra & Bear Island) (1980) 3 exemplaren
Alistair MacLean's World War Thrillers (Where Eagles Dare|Ice Station Zebra|Fear is the Key) (2020) 2 exemplaren
Time of the Assassins 2 exemplaren
Alistair MacLean Omnibus: Volume 2: H.M.S. Ulysses, Force 10 Ten from Navarone, and, When Eight Bells Toll (1987) 2 exemplaren
Seawitch / Breakheart Pass / Goodbye California 1 exemplaar
Five cased novels: The Golden Gate, Force 10 From Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, The Golden Rendezvous, The Guns of… (1978) 1 exemplaar
Athabasca / Hostage Tower / River of Death 1 exemplaar
Where Eagles Dare, Satan Bug, Way to a Dusty Death, Circus, Partisans, Black Shrike, Fear Is the Key, Floodgate, Ice… (1960) 1 exemplaar
Partisans / Puppets on a Chain 1 exemplaar
Three Grand Complete Books in One: Fear Is the Key, Do You Know This Voice? & The Crossroads (1959) 1 exemplaar
Where Eagles Dare/ Partisans / The Golden Gate / Caravan to Vacares / Goodbye California / Force 10 from Navarone (1900) 1 exemplaar
Where Eagles Dare / H.M.S. Ulysses / Puppet on a Chain / Night without End / The Satan Bug / Golden Rendezvous / The… (1998) 1 exemplaar
The Golden Rendezvous [condensed] 1 exemplaar
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TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: WWII Battlefront Europe: Kelly's Heroes / Where Eagles Dare / The Dirty Dozen /… (2009) 14 exemplaren
Puppet on a Chain [1971 film] — Original book — 6 exemplaren
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Devil Water / The Golden Rendezvous / Microbe Hunters / To Sir with Love (1963) 3 exemplaren
Best-in-Books (Night Without End / The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned / Who, Me? / Half Angel / The Slender Thread) (1960) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- MacLean, Alistair Stuart
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Stuart, Ian
- Geboortedatum
- 1922-04-18
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1987-02-02
- Graflocatie
- Vieux Cemetery, Céligny, Geneva, Switzerland
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Schotland
- Geboorteplaats
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Munich, Germany
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- heart failure/stroke
- Woonplaatsen
- Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Geneva, Switzerland - Opleiding
- University of Glasgow (English ∙ MA Hons ∙ 1950)
- Beroepen
- novelist
teacher (Gallowfleet Secondary School)
screenwriter - Relaties
- MacLean, Alistair (father)
MacLean, Shona (niece) - Organisaties
- Royal Navy (WWII)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- University of Glasgow (D.Litt|1983)
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- 25,990
- Populariteit
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- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
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