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Caravan to Vaccares

Caravan to Vaccares( )
Author: MacLean, Alistair
Series title:Compass Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7531-6096-1
Publication Date:Sep 2000
Publisher:ISIS Large Print Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $23.99
Book Description:

Provence: the annual pilgrimage to Saintes-Maries of gypsies from all over Europe. The Duc de Croytor, distinguished folklorist, is there and so is Englishman Neil Bowman. But there is something different about this year's pilgrimage. A small group of gypsies have something they are determined to hide, and Bowman soon learns that curiosity is highly dangerous.

From the terror of murder during the Provencal cours-libre in the bullring to an exciting action sequence out at sea, the...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Author Biography
MacLean, Alistair (Author)
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.

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