Alistair Maclean
b. 1922 - d. 1987Alistair Maclean books are often divided into four phases in his life:
- 1955 (HMS Ulysses) - 1959 (The Last Frontier)
- 1960 (Ice Station Zebra) - 1965 (The Satan Bug)
- 1966 (When Eight Bells Toll) - 1971 (Bear Island)
- 1973 (The Way to Dusty Death) - 1986 (Santonrini)
Scottish writer (1922–1987)
Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, most notably The Guns of Navarone (1957) and Ice Station Zebra (1963). In the late 1960s, encouraged by film producer Elliott Kastner, MacLean began to write original screenplays, concurrently with an accompanying novel. The most successful was the first of these, the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare, which was also a bestselling novel. MacLean also published two novels under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. His books are estimated to have sold over 150 million copies, making him one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time.
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1922
Alistair Maclean born.
1941
Joined the Royal Navy
1943
Saw action in the Atlantic
1944
Served in the Mediterranean
1945
Served in the Far East
1946
Discharged from the Navy
1953
Graduated in English at Glasgow University
1955
1957
1958
1959
1963
Bought Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor and ran it for 3 years
Lawrence of Arabia
1965
1967
1969
1970
1975
1976
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
Awarded Doctor of Letters by the University of Glasgow
Floodgate
1984
1985
1986
1987
Alistair Maclean died.