Captain Cook by Alistair Maclean

Captain Cook by Alistair Maclean

On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cooks successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLeans absorbing story of one of Britains great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of fifty-one.

‘The words on Palliser’s monument to Cook – “the ablest and greatest navigator this or any country has produced” – will not seem extravagant after reading Mr MacLean’s book’
Times Educational Supplement

Alistair MacLean was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. He joined the Navy in 1941 and served in the Home, Mediterranean, and Eastern Fleets. After the war, he graduated in Arts at Glasgow University and became a teacher. In his spare time he wrote short stories, one of which won a prize in a Glasgow Herald competition. He was at once approached by Collins and shortly after delivered to them the manuscript of his first novel, H.M.S. Ulysses, a brilliant novel about the war at sea.
Since that first success, Mr MacLean wrote many other best-sellers, such as The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, When Eight Bells Toll, Force Ten from Navarone, Puppet on a Chain, Caravan to Vaccares, and Bear Island, nearly all of which have been made into immensely successful films.

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ISBN 13	9780007371983
ISBN 10	0007371985
Title	Captain Cook
Author	Alistair Maclean
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2020-02-20
Number of pages	192
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