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Torguish House Bed and Breakfast
was formerly the childhood home of the late author Alistair MacLean.
Alistair MacLean was a Scottish writer who became well known for
his Second World War and Action Thriller Novels, such as Ice Station
Zebra , The Guns of Navarone and many others. Many of Alistair MacLean's
books were translated into popular movies, such as"Where Eagles
Dare" starring |
Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony
Quinn. Others included Ice StatioN Zebra, Breakheart Pass and The
Guns of Navarone.
Alistair MacLean was born in Glasgow into a Gaelic speaking family
and spent his earliest years here at Torguish House, close to Inverness
in the Scottish Highlands.
Alistair served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and
drew on these experiences for his books. During this period he was
captured and imprisoned by the Japanese before returning home in
1946. |
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| When the war was over, Alistair became a secondary
school teacher during which time he started to write short stories
where one of his stories won first prize in a short story competition.
This, along with encouragement from the publisher Collins convinced
him to write his first novel based on his experiences in the
war. "H.M.S Ulysses" became a best seller.
From then on Alistair MacLean his success continued, completing
"Guns of Navarone" and "South by Java Head"
in 1957. The screen rights for "Guns of Navarone"
was quickly bought by the producer and screenwriter Carl Foreman
who helped bring the novel to movie theatres.
More novels and movies folled and in 1959 MacLean turned his
attention to espionage and adventure stories, including two
cold war thrillers "The Satan Bug" and "Dark
Crusader" written under the pseudonym Ian Stuart.
Alistair MacLean died of heart failure in Munich on February
2, 1987 and was buried in Celigny, Switzerland.
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Torguish House, Daviot, Inverness, Scotland.
IV2 5XQ Phone: +44 (0)1463 772208 Fax:
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