Publisher's Synopsis
Alistair MacLean was, at the height of his phenomenal success, the best selling author in the world. Such novels as "HMS Ulysses", "The Guns of Navarone", "Ice Station", "Zebra" and "Where Eagles Dare" established his reputation as a master storyteller. Yet his own life provides a tale that is a wide-ranging and as fascinating as any fiction.;Alistair MacLean's early success reads like a dream come true. His first novel, "HMS Ulysses" sold over a quarter of a million copies. A second bestseller, "The Guns of Navarone", which was made into a major film, enabled him to give up his teaching post and set him on the road to fame and fortune - but not to personal happiness.
