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The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about the Second World War by Scottish writer Alistair MacLean that was made into the film The Guns of Navarone in 1961. The Greek island of Navarone does not exist and the plot is fictional; however, the story takes place within the real historical context of the Dodecanese Campaign, the Allies' campaign to capture the Italian-held Greek islands in the Aegean Sea in 1943.

Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy.

In stock on July 13, 2018. Only 1 left in stock (more on the way). Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. After the war he read English at Glasgow University and became a schoolmaster. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser were to give him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955.

by Alistair Maclean (Author). The book was written more than sixty years ago by a Scottish guy who wrote numerous action, adventure books, many set during WWII

by Alistair Maclean (Author). ISBN-13: 978-0449214725. Why is ISBN important? ISBN. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work. The book was written more than sixty years ago by a Scottish guy who wrote numerous action, adventure books, many set during WWII. It is an interesting story about something that never happened on an island that does not exist. Nevertheless, it is authentic in many ways.

The Guns of Navarone book. An entire navy had tried to silence the guns of Navarone and. Finally finished rereading all the Alistair MacLean books that I enjoyed so much as a teen, beginning with 1957's outstanding HMS Ulysses and running through 1968's Force 10 From Navarone, (after which it's pretty much universally acknowledged that the quality of his books took a pretty steep dive). Guns of Navarone is consistently and deservedly listed among MacLean's top 3-4. And yes, it features some of the ultimately predictable plot twists he loved to sprinkle in his stories - "the Whew!

Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote successful thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare, both having been made into successful films. He also wrote under the pseudonym Ian Stuart

Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote successful thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare, both having been made into successful films. He also wrote under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. While a university student, MacLean began writing short stories for extra income, winning a competition in 1954 with the maritime story "Dileas". The publishing company Collins asked him for a novel and he responded with HMS Ulysses

We'd like to take with us the joker who thought this one up and shove him out at ten thousand over Navarone, without benefit of parachute

The guns of Navaronne This is a work of fiction in the historical setting of World War II. All persons and events are imaginary. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is coincidental. We'd like to take with us the joker who thought this one up and shove him out at ten thousand over Navarone, without benefit of parachute. As bad as that, Bill? As bad as that, sir.

6 part dramatisation of the Alastair MacLean novel. Navarone is an imaginary Greek island, upon which the Nazis have built a huge gun emplacement  . We’re dedicated to reader privacy so we never track you.

Alistair MacLean Biography - Alistair Stuart MacLean was a recognized twentieth century Scottish novelist, best . His highly acclaimed The Guns of Navarone (1957) follows the story of a sabotage team sent to eradicate two giant guns

Alistair MacLean Biography - Alistair Stuart MacLean was a recognized twentieth century Scottish novelist, best known for writing adventure stories and thrillers. His highly acclaimed The Guns of Navarone (1957) follows the story of a sabotage team sent to eradicate two giant guns. It was later adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1961. The sequel to the book, Force 10 from Navarone, came out in 1968. Again it revolves around a mission plot that involves the destruction of a bridge that held vital importance for Nazis. In 1959, MacLean directed his attention toward spy stories instead of war.

The guns of Navaronne. Author: Alistair Maclean. Navarone itself, grim bastion of narrow straits manned by a mixed garrison of Germans and Italians, an apparently impregnable iron fortress. The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now issued for the first time as an e-book. To Captain Keith Mallory, skllled saboteur, trained mountaineer, fell the task of leading the small party detailed to scale the vast, impossible precipice of Navarone and to blow up the guns.