The Victims - Two of the most important oilfields in the world - one in Canada, the other in Alaska.
The Saboteurs - An unknown quantity - deadly and efficient.
The Result - Catastrophe.
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 - The Guns of the Navarone, Force Ten from Navarone , Where Eagles Dare and Bear Island are among the most famous. He died in 1987.
The Victims - Two of the most important oilfields in the world - one in Canada, the other in Alaska. The Saboteurs - An unknown quantity - deadly and efficient. The Result - Catastrophe. 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 - The Guns of the Navarone, Force Ten from Navarone , Where Eagles Dare and Bear Island are among the most famous. He died in 1987.