The Secret Ways

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Doubleday, 1959 - Fiction - 286 pages
British secret agent, sent to rescue a scientist from Hungarian Communists, finds himself in danger.

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Contents

Section 1
9
Section 2
26
Section 3
47
Copyright

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About the author (1959)

Alistair MacLean was born in Glasgow, Scotland on April 28, 1922. During World War II, he served in the Royal Navy. He graduated with a degree in English from Glasgow University. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a teacher. He wrote numerous books including HMS Ulysses, The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, Dark Crusader, Satan Bug, Captain Cook: A Biography, and Santorini. He also wrote The Black Shrike and The Satan Bug under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. Several of his books were adapted into movies including The Secret Ways, Fear Is the Key, and When Eight Bells Toll. He also wrote several original screenplays including Breakheart Pass and conceived an adventure drama for television entitled The Hostage Towers. He died of heart failure on February 2, 1987 at the age of 64.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Secret Ways
Fawcett gold medal
Volume 540 of Fontana books
AuthorAlistair MacLean
PublisherDoubleday, 1959
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedSep 23, 2009
ISBN0449140105, 9780449140109
Length286 pages
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