Alistair MacLean's Death Train (Windsor Selection) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Alastair MacNeill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1990 | Series: Windsor Selection

This novel is written from a series of detailed story outlines Alistair MacLean was commissioned to write by an American film company in 1977. A deadly cargo of plutonium-IV is secreted in a freight car travelling through Europe. The United Nations Anti-Crime Organization mount an operation to discover how the plutonium was stolen. Their agents find themselves up against a conspiracy of interests including a sinister arms dealer and a highly-placed business magnate. Of the six kegs discovered, one contains a substance that could have catastrophic results for the whole world for generations to come. Alistair MacLean is also the author of "The Guns of Navarone', "Where Eagles Dare" and "Santorini".

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror 'The most successful British novelist of his time' Jack Higgins 'Alistar MacLean is one of the few people writing today who has a story to tell.' Daily Express --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser gave him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co; Largeprint edition (December 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0862203848
• ISBN-13: 978-0862203849
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,490,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage!, August 6, 2009

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T. Flick "A Virginia reader" (central Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ALISTAIR MACLEAN'S DEATH TRAIN. (Paperback)

I have read ALL of Alistair MacLean's novels, multiple times, and am also a five-time-published author. I don't know who "Alastair MacNeill" is but his writing is horrible and he and the publisher (and anyone else involved in allowing Mr. MacLean's name to be remotely attached to this trash) should be flogged. With all of the good writers out there trying to find publishers, how in the world did this hack get a contract?

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Thriller, January 6, 2001

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"fourstringmagic" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alistair MacLean's "Death Train" (Hardcover)

Another excellent thriller based on a storyline by Alistair MacLean. It is one of the sries of books telling about the Strike Force One of the UNACO. The action takes place in Europe as a train with a nuclear bomb as a cargo is racing to it's deadly destination, while the UN agents are trying to stop it. An excellent thriller with unexpected twists and a great ending.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A MacLean to Skip, November 23, 2006

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Jared Dreyfus (Sebastopol, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alistair MacLean's Death Train (Mass Market Paperback)

It says in this book that the story was "conceived" by Alistair MacLean and completed after his death. He might have thought of the name, but any other contribution is invisible. The book nears a record level of linguistic and factual gaffes per page which make the weak characters, predictable plot and ridiculous "action" even more disappointing.
Read his first major work, ^HMS Ulysses^and see if you think the same hand could have done that gripping story and this piece of junk.