San Andreas [antikvár]

SAN ANDREASalistair maclhan, the son of a Scots Minister, wasbrought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 at theage of eighteen, he joined the Royal Navy; two-and-a-half years spent aboard a cruiser was later to give himthe background for HMS Ulysses, his first novel, theoutstanding documentary novel on the war at sea.After the war, he gained an English Honours degree atGlasgow University, and became a school master. In1983, he was awarded a D.Litt. from the sameuniversity.Alistair MacLean is now recognized to be theoutstanding writer of our time in his own genre. He haswritten over twenty-five world bestsellers. Many havebeen filmed - The Guns of Navarone, Force 10 fromNavarone, Where Eagles Dare and Bear Island areamong the most famous.