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He is well known for his book "The Guns of Navarone" which was made into a film. MacLean published his first book, "HMS Ulysses," when he was 33. He was a teacher until 1955 when he became a fulltime writer. Following the war, he was educated at Glasgow University. During World War II (WWII), he was captured by the Japanese and tortured. Born in Scotland, he spent his childhood in the Scottish Highlands until his father died when he was 14. The Ulysses is sunk in a failed attempt to ram a German cruiser after all her other weapons had been destroyed… Listen online to free English audiobook "HMS Ulysses” on our website to experience Alistair MacLean's novel.Author. All slowly reduce the convoy from 32 ships to only five. But they are beset by numerous challenges: an unusually fierce Arctic storm, German ships and U-boats, as well as air attacks. The Ulysses had been a lucky ship, fast, equipped with radar, with a captain who was worshipped by his crew. Ulysses puts to sea again to escort FR-77, a vital convoy heading for Murmansk. The book sold a quarter of a million copies in hardback in England in the first six months of publication. The publishing company Collins asked him for a novel and he responded with HMS Ulysses, based on his own war experiences, as well as credited insight from his brother Ian, a master mariner. While a university student, MacLean began writing short stories for extra income, winning a competition in 1954 with the maritime story "Dileas".
HMS Ulysses was Alistair MacLean's debut novel.
Ulysses, which takes place on a British destroyer. MacLean effectively translated his own experiences as a torpedo man on a convoy escort into the plot of H.M.S. He joined the Royal Navy in 1941, serving in World War II with the ranks of Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, and Leading Torpedo Operator. Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist.
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