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Alistair MacLean is one of the most highly regarded authors of action thrillers that Britain has ever produced. Born in 1922 to the son of a Scottish Minister, English was in fact his second language after Scottish Gaelic. Joining the Royal Navy in 1941 his war time exploits in the Arctic, ... Read review

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SEAWITCH - Alistair Maclean

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The Dark Crusader - Alistair Maclean

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The Lonely Sea - Alistair Maclean

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Where Eagles Dare - Alistair Maclean

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San Andreas - Alistair Maclean

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Ice Station Zebra - Alistair Maclean

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Santorini - Alistair MacLean

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Floodgate - Alistair MacLean

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MacLean the master of the action thriller

Advantages: Large number of books of high class action
Disadvantages: A few weak links

Alistair MacLean is one of the most highly regarded authors of action thrillers that Britain has ever produced. Born in 1922 to the son of a Scottish Minister, English was in fact his second language after Scottish Gaelic. Joining the Royal Navy in 1941 his war time exploits in the Arctic, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific, gave him the background that served him well in his later writings. Following his release from the Royal Navy in 1946, he ...
...which he then used to gain a post as a teacher.
It was his student days that saw the first elements of his future writing career, as he gained an additional income by writing short stories. The publisher, Collins, asked MacLean to write a novel for them, and as a result in 1955 he produced HMS Ulysses. There then followed a writing career lasting 31 years, consisting of 28 novels, 1 collection of short stories and 3 non-fiction works. MacLean ... more

mrtimharry 25.11.2007 (25.11.2007)
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A Greek mystery? Hardly

Advantages: Easy to read
Disadvantages: No tension and hardly anything to think about

Santorini was one of the last pieces of work ever written by Alistair MacLean, but I would have to say from the outset that if this is the first of his novels that you are about to read then look to San Andreas or Caravan to Vaccares for your first experience. This is far from being his greatest piece of work, and whilst in itself is not a bad read, it does not make you want to go and look for any more of his books. Santorini is named after the Greek island and the setting for the novel is based around the island and the surrounding Aegean. The setting is modern in the late 1980's and the action primarily takes place onboard HMS Ariadne, a British survey ship and eyes and ears of the NATO fleet in the Med. Ariadne is crewed by some of the best and brightest in the Royal Navy, lead by Talbot, with Van Gelder and Denholm, as able ...

mrtimharry 22.11.2007 (25.11.2007) · Read full review
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The MacLean Western

Advantages: A good read in the standard MacLean style
Disadvantages: Slightly disappointing ending

Alistair MacLean makes his only passage into this 1974 western writing, but before I start for those MacLean fans out there do not worry it is far from a typical western. There are the expected Indians, army, lawmen and villains, but there is none of the gunfights that saturate the normal run of the mill westerns. Breakheart Pass has all of the elements of the classic MacLean action novels, a strong individual hero, a minor female role, tension and a story that leaves the reader wondering what the role is of each protagonist. I wouldn't say it is predictable but there are enough hints throughout the novel that if it were a crime novel you could probably work out who had done it. The first time I read this book I was worried that it would turn out to be a repitition of Fear is the Key but in a different setting, but this worry was ...

mrtimharry 27.11.2007 · Read full review
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MacLean Flying high

Advantages: A true tale of tension and suspense
Disadvantages: None

One of the all-time classic action thrillers, from one of the best writers in the genre. I am an avid fan of Alistair MacLean as an authour and I am also a big fan of the Burton and Eastwood film. The book is though superior in a number of areas to the film, providing as it does greater detail and slightly differing action at key points of the story. MacLean returns to one of his most detailed areas to write about, with the book set in the Second World War. This theme can be seen in some of his best works - Guns of Navarone, Force Ten from Navarone, Partisans and San Andreas. The book starts inside a Lancaster bomber and you are quickly introduced to the main characters in the story - Smith, the leader of the expedition; fellow British soldiers Carraciola, Christainsen, Thomas, Terrance-Smythe and Harrod; as well as token American ...

mrtimharry 23.11.2007 (22.11.2007) · Read full review
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