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Alistair MacLean's War
Mark Simmons
其他書名
How the Royal Navy Shaped his Bestsellers
出版Pen and Sword Maritime, 2022-06-02
主題Biography & Autobiography / MilitaryBiography & Autobiography / Literary FiguresHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
ISBN13990193929781399019392
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xza9EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋It is no coincidence that many of Alistair MacLean's most successful novels were sea stories. In 1941, he was called up after volunteering for the Royal Navy and served as Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, and Leading Torpedo Operator. For the majority of his service, he was on HMS Royalist, a modified Dido-class light cruiser, seeing action in the Arctic, and operations against the German battleship Tirpitz . The ship then deployed to the Mediterranean taking part in Operation Dragoon the invasion of the South of France and later in operations against German occupied Greek Islands in the Aegean. After which MacLean and Royalist were deployed to the Indian Ocean and operations against the Japanese in Malaya, Burma, and Sumatra. His wartime experiences coupled with exceptional literary skill resulted in the runaway success of his first novel HMS Ulysses (1955) followed by The Guns of Navarone (1957) and South by Java Head (1958). These three blockbusters cemented his position as one of the most successful and highly paid authors of the era. While not a whole life biography, Mark Simmon’s book provides a fascinating insight into Maclean’s war service and subsequent works, which deserve enduring popularity.