books by Alistair MacLean

books by Alistair MacLean

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Alistair MacLean

Sterling Point Books: Lawrence of Arabia (Sterling Point Books)

Alistair MacLean

Sterling, 2006

good for the elementary set
I bought this book for my ten year old son who is currently devouring all things military. As a student of history and a parent, I appreciated that the author skipped over some details of Lawrence's career and instead focused on the adventure. A good introduction to ...

The Guns of Navarone/Force 10 from Navarone (Cinema Classics)

Alistair Maclean

Wings, 2000

"Guns" rocks; "Force 10" is weaker but okay
Thriller writer Alistair MacLean hit the big time with "The Guns of Navarone," his second novel, in 1957. It was made into a very successful movie with Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and David Niven in the starring roles. The idea of the secret commando team consisting ...

THE GUNS OF NAVARONE.
Alistair. MacLean

Collins, 1957

Breakheart Pass

Alistair MacLean

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2005

Full steam ahead
A highly enjoyable, quick-paced book. MacLean has more hits on his list than misses, and this is near the top of the hits. You can't trust anyone on board the train to be telling the truth, even the hero. Great setting as the train chugs its way through the mountains; ...

The Golden Rendezvous
Alistair MacLean

Popular Library, 1962

"A tale of bold piracy and high adventure on the high seas" New York Herald Tribune

HMS Ulysses

Alistair MacLean

HARPER COLLINS 1 PAP, 2004

I didn't make the Murmansk Run but . . .
I didn't make the Murmansk run, but I have lost shipmates due to inclement weather and cold in the North Atlantic. I didn't make the Murmansk run, but I have had to abandon ship due to enemy action. I didn't make the Murmansk run, but I lost friends who did. I ...

Fear Is the Key

Alistair MacLean

Fontana Press, 2004

Don't quit
When reading this book pay particular attention to the opening chapter. I don't think I did and when I finished I went back and reread that chapter, and the book was more meaningful. Sure, there is much improbable in the book, but I found when I finished the book it ...

The Way to Dusty Death

Alistair Maclean

Fawcett, 1985

MacLean throwback
This is MacLean at his most cynical. We have the anti-hero, Johnny Harlow (not Harlan like an idiot reviewer wrote earlier), the stupid "femme fatale" and the fool youngster. MacLean was a fine writer in his day and he came close to recapturing that earlier style in ...

Where Eagles Dare (Adrenaline Classics)

Alistair MacLean

Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002

A Thrilling Novel
Alistair MacLean is one of my favorite novelists, and this is my favorite novel by him. The setting is World War II, and a team of seven (or is it eight) double-agents are sent to rescue a kidnapped actor (who is assumed to know something) from a castle in a mountain, ...

When Eight Bells Toll

Alistair Maclean

Fawcett, 1984

Mayhem in the Western Highlands
"When Eight Bells Toll" is a first-rate crime drama by famed story-teller Alistair Maclean. The story is built around the pursuit by British Treasury agent Philip Calvert of a murderous gang of maritime bullion hijackers operating out of the rugged coastline of ...

The Guns of Navarone
Alistair MacLean

Fawcett, 1957

Ice Station Zebra
Alistair Maclean

Fontana, 1972

Night Without End
Alistair Maclean

Fawcett, 1960

Break-heart Pass

Alistair Maclean

Doubleday, 1974

An Exciting Western By My Favorite Novelist
My first exposure to Allistair MacLean is seeing the movie adaptation of "Breakheart Pass." Years later, I picked up another of MacLean's novels, and thought it reminded me of the movie. Then, I found the book version and read it. Breakheart Pass is MacLean at its ...