The Golden Gate
Published: 1976Synopsis:
A ROLLING FORT 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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The Golden Gate (MacLean novel)
The Golden Gate is a novel written by the Scottish author Alistair MacLean. It was first released in the United Kingdom by Collins in 1976 and later in the same year by Doubleday in the United States.
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Main Characters
| April Wednesday | TV company fashion photographer | ||
| O'Hare | Doctor - on ambulance, aids Revson in combating the criminals | ||
| Van Effen | Branson's lieutenant- criminal | ||
| Prince | Prince of a Middle Eastern State with oil - kidnapped | ||
| King | King of a Middle Eastern country with oil - kidnapped | ||
| General Cartland | Chief of Staff - kidnapped | ||
| Paul Revson | FBI agent who saves the day | ||
| Peter Branson | 38 | Runs the team who kidnap the President, King, Prince and the Golden Gate Bridge - chief criminal |
Other Characters
| Rogers | Explosives specialist | ||
| Milton | Secretary for State | ||
| Jensen (Harriman) | Criminal - pretneds to be Jensen - Head of the FBI in California | ||
| Chrysler | Criminal | ||
| Muir | Under-secretary - kidnapped | ||
| Boyann | Communications soldier | ||
| Bernard Hendrix | Chief of Police | ||
| Peters | Criminal | ||
| John Quarry | Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Grafton | Reporter for A.P. (Associated Press) | ||
| Dougan | Reporter for Reuters | ||
| Carmody | Explosives specialist | ||
| Commander Pearson | Commands a submarine | ||
| Kylenski | Food specialist | ||
| General Carter | General | ||
| Admiral Newson | Admiral | ||
| James Hagenbach | Head of the FBI | ||
| Vice-President Richards | Vice-president of the USA | ||
| Kowalski | Criminal | ||
| John Morrison | Mayor of San Francisco | ||
| Mahoney | Policeman who is tied up to steal the patrol car | ||
| Parker | Criminal | ||
| Giscard | Criminal | ||
| Lieutenant Martinez | Helicopter pilot - government - tied up | ||
| Lieutenant Ashbridge | Helicopter pilot - government - tied up | ||
| Bradley | Helicopter pilot - criminal | ||
| Johnson | Helicopter pilot - criminal | ||
| Reston | Explosives expert - criminal | ||
| Nimitz | Policeman who is tied up to steal the patrol car | ||
| Yonnie | Criminal | ||
| Hansen | Energy Czar to the president - dies through hastily eating contaminated food | ||
| Sheikh Kharan | Oil minister to the Prince - kidnapped | ||
| Sheikh Iman | Oil minister to the King | ||
| Commander Eysenck | Manages US Naval Air Station Alameda |
Articles for The Golden Gate
| Date | Title | Source | Author | Other books | Paywall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-23 | The Golden Gate by Alistair MacLean (1976) | Books & Books | Simon |