Alistair MacLean - Free Library Land Online

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On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean's absorbing story of one of Britain's great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of fifty-one. When James Cook was hacked to death by Hawaiian islanders on 14 February 1779, he was already considered the greatest explorer of his age. Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion for new horizons, he became the greatest combination of seaman, explorer, navigator, and cartographer that the world had ever known. He still is. He had driven himself mercilessly, and his men likewise, and yet the surgeon's mate on the Resolution was able to write: 'In every situation he stood unrivalled and alone; on him all eyes were turned; he was our leading star, which at its setting left us involved in darkness and despair'. Between 1768 and 1779, Captain Cook circumnavigated the globe three times in voyages of discovery that...]]> Sun, 26 May 2019 07:05:58 +0300 Partisans https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61560-partisans.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61560-partisans.html

A thrilling tale of wartime espionage by the acclaimed Alistair MacLean.During World War II, Yugoslavian rebel forces struggle to resist the German occupation, even as a three-way civil war tears the nation apart. In the mist of this terrible confusion, three compatriots set out across their besieged country to relay the German battle plan and unmask a double agent. But where do their loyalties really lie? On this dangerous journey with dangerous companions, everyone's motives are uncertain—and no one is who he seems.]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:21:17 +0200 Caravan to Vaccares https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61567-caravan_to_vaccares.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61567-caravan_to_vaccares.html

From all over Europe, even from behind the Iron Curtain, gypsies make an annual pilgrimage to the shrine of their patron saint in Provence. But at this year's gathering, people are mysteriously dying. Intrepid sleuths Cecile Dubois and Neil Bowman join the caravan in order to uncover the truth behind the deaths, in the process revealing an international plot that the sinister Gaiuse Strome will stop at nothing to keep secret.]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:21:18 +0200 The Golden Gate https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61564-the_golden_gate.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61564-the_golden_gate.html

A tense and nerve-shattering classic from the highly acclaimed masster of action and suspense. A ROLLING FOR 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?]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Where Eagles Dare https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61559-where_eagles_dare.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61559-where_eagles_dare.html

A team of British special forces parachutes onto a mountainside in wartime Germany. Their mission: To rescue a captured American general from the Castle of the Eagle before the Nazi interrogators can force him to reveal secret D-Day plans. As team members start to perish along the way, the true purpose of the rescue turns out to be infinitely more complicated.]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:21:17 +0200 The Lonely Sea https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61565-the_lonely_sea.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61565-the_lonely_sea.html

Collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched his writing career, the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck, and two new stories collected here for the first time.]]> Thu, 31 Oct 1991 02:21:18 +0200 Santorini https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61571-santorini.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61571-santorini.html

]]> Tue, 31 Oct 1995 02:21:19 +0200 The Satan Bug https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61561-the_satan_bug.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61561-the_satan_bug.html

Behind the locked doors of E block in the fortress-like Mordon Research Centre, a scientist lies dead and a new toxin of terrifying power has vanished. When the first letter is delivered threatening to unleash the virus, special agent Pierre Cavell is given just 24 hours to solve the mystery of the break-in and prevent a plague-born apocalypse.]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:21:18 +0200 The Dark Crusader https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61563-the_dark_crusader.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61563-the_dark_crusader.html

An advertisement for specialists in different fields of research appears in newspapers. Eight scientists are hired, and all eight disappear. Another ad pops up for a fuel specialist, and that's when John Bentall, a physicist and counterespionage agent, is called in to find out what happened to the missing scientists and to unravel the sinister plot behind it all.]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:21:18 +0200 When Eight Bells Toll https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61562-when_eight_bells_toll.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61562-when_eight_bells_toll.html

Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. When two undercover investigators disappear in the latest hijacking, Treasury Agent Philip Calvert is sent to find the criminals responsible. His investigations lead the veteran agent to a lonely bay in the Scottish Highlands, where the sleepy town of Torbay turns out to harbor dark secrets at its heart. Enlisting the help of a colorful cast of Highlanders along with other unlikely allies, Calvert draws closer to uncovering the mastermind behind the crimes. But will he be able to find the truth before the wily local operatives add him to the list of casualties?"High-wire tension." —Guardian"Alistair MacLean is a magnificent storyteller." —Sunday Mirror]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:21:18 +0200 Seawitch https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61568-seawitch.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61568-seawitch.html

The tale of murder and revenge set on a remote oil rig, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. ]]> Mon, 31 Oct 1977 02:21:19 +0300 The Golden Rendezvous https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61583-the_golden_rendezvous.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61583-the_golden_rendezvous.html

A timeless classic of modern-day piracy from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.Aboard the SS Campari, all is not well.For Johnny Carter, the Chief Officer, the voyage has already begun badly; but it’s only when the Campari sails that evening, after a succession of delays that he realises something is seriously wrong.A member of the crew is suddenly missing and the stern-to-stern search only serves to increase tension. Then violence erupts and suddenly the whole ship is in danger. Is the Campari a victim of modern day piracy? And what of the strange cargo hidden below the decks?]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:21:21 +0200 Circus https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61584-circus.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61584-circus.html Circus

Reissue of the classic tale of espionage set in Cold War Europe, where the world’s greatest circus acrobat must break into an impenetrable fortress, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.Bruno Wildermann of the Wrinfield Circus is the world’s greatest trapeze artist, a clairvoyant with near-supernatural powers and an implacable enemy of the East European regime that arrested his family and murdered his wife. The CIA needs such a man, and recruits Bruno for an impossible raid - on the impreganble Lubylan fortress, where his family his held. Under cover of a circus tour, Bruno prepares to return to his homeland. But before the journey even begins a murderer strikes twice. Somewhere in the circus there is a communist agent with orders to stop Bruno at any cost...]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 The Way to Dusty Death https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61580-the_way_to_dusty_death.html https://sequential-art.library.land/alistair-maclean/61580-the_way_to_dusty_death.html

Johnny Harlow seems to have it all: he's good looking, desired by women, and envied by men; he's also the reigning Formula One world champion and the poster boy for the world's most thrilling and richly financed sport. But after a wreck kills his best friend and maims his girlfriend, he takes a hard turn and is driven to drink.Johnny realizes something is rotten in his beloved sport: too many things are going wrong in too many races. And when he is the apparent cause of the latest accident, he decides the time has come to sort things out. But what he begins to uncover has nothing to do with cars...and there are people will do anything to prevent him from discovering the truth.]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:21:20 +0200