Jack Higgins:Henry Patterson Exocet 1983 Primera Edición HC + Dj una plegaria por morir Jack Higgins!
- hardcover 1983, ISBN: 9780812829204
He chose the university for its "history of nonconformism". [1] He received his third-class degree after three years of study. Before beginning his writing career, Higgins served in the B… More...
He chose the university for its "history of nonconformism". [1] He received his third-class degree after three years of study. Before beginning his writing career, Higgins served in the British Army along the East German border. HENRY PATTERSON is JACK HIGGINS (Pseudonym)Pretty good dust jacket, repaired and Intact, book underneath is excellent.?FIRST EDITION 1983 WAR/SPY THRILLER BOOK Exocet-And a Prayer for Dying-Jack Higgins-GD HARCOVER+DJJust prior to the outbreak of the British-Argentinian War, the Argentinians plot to steal British Exocet missiles and in order to thwart the scheme, DI5's London head orders Tony Villiers on the most dangerous mission of his lifeFeatures & detailsProduct informationItem Weight 13.6 ouncesUNSPSC-Code 55101500Hardcover 260 pagesISBN-10 0812829204ISBN-13 978-08128292041983Patterson during his military yearsHenry Patterson (during his military years)While enlisted in the army, he was known for his higher-than-average military IQ. Many of Patterson?s books would later incorporate elements of the military experience.Patterson and His ParentsPatterson and His ParentsPatterson with his parents. He left school at age fifteen, finding his place instead in the British military.Patterson at RehearsalPatterson at a RehearsalPatterson visiting a rehearsal for Walking Wounded, a play he wrote that was performed by local actors in Jersey.DescriptionProduct DescriptionBased on true events surrounding the Falklands War, the New York Times?bestselling master of modern spy-craft delivers a tale of warfare in the shadows. 1982. The Falkland Islands in South America?long claimed by Great Britain?are being contested by Argentina. When Argentina makes a move to occupy the islands, war breaks out as the world holds its breath to see what happens next.Determined to stay ahead of the enemy at the onset of hostilities, British Intelligence orders beautiful agent Gabrielle Legrand to seduce a high-ranking military official in the Argentine Embassy in London. But what begins as a mission becomes genuine love?and Gabrielle will soon be forced to make a tragic choice between her heart and her country.As the war winds down with Great Britain taking the day, the Argentines make a last move for victory. They have made an agreement with international arms broker Felix Donner for a delivery of deadly French-made Exocet missiles that would turn the tide of battle with devastating effect. It?s up to Gabrielle to stop the exchange.But Donner is much worse than an arms dealer. And if his true motives are realized, the Falklands War will be the lit fuse on a major global conflagration.Hailed by Tom Clancy as ?the master,? Jack Higgins has thrilled millions with his brilliant works, including the worldwide phenomenon The Eagle Has Landed, which was made into a blockbuster film, and such recent bestsellers as Rain on the Dead and The Midnight Bell.Review?Jack Higgins is the master.? ?Tom ClancyAbout the AuthorJack Higgins is the New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty thrillers that have sold over 250 million copies worldwide, including The Eagle Has Landed and The Wolf at the Door. Before beginning his writing career, Higgins served in the British Army along the East German border. He lives in the Channel Islands.Features & detailsSOME GENERAL INFO ABOUT Jack HigginsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchFor other people named Jack Higgins, see Jack Higgins (disambiguation).Jack HigginsBorn Henry Patterson27 July 1929 (age 91)Newcastle upon Tyne, EnglandOccupation NovelistLanguage EnglishAlma mater London School of EconomicsGenre Thriller, espionage, mysteryNotable works The Eagle Has LandedA Prayer for the DyingThe Eagle Has FlownThunder PointAngel of DeathFlight of EaglesDay of ReckoningYears active 1959?presentSpouse Amy HewittDenise PattersonChildren 4Henry Patterson (born 27 July 1929), known also by his pseudonym name Jack Higgins, is a British author. He is one of the best-selling authors of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) sold more than 50 million copies[1] and was adapted into a successful 1976 movie of the same title.[2]Some of his other notable books are A Prayer for the Dying (1987), The Eagle Has Flown (1991), Thunder Point (1993), Angel of Death (1995), Flight of Eagles (1998), and Day of Reckoning (2000).[1] His 85 novels in total have sold more than 150 million copies and have been translated into 55 languages.[3]Contents1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Writing career1.3 Personal life2 Bibliography3 Filmography4 References5 External linksBiographyEarly lifeJack Higgins was born Henry Patterson[4] on 27 July 1929 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to an English father and a Northern Irish mother.[1] When his father abandoned them soon afterward, his mother returned with him to her home town of Belfast, Northern Ireland, to live with her mother and her grandfather on Shankill Road.[1][5] Raised amid the religious and political violence of Belfast, Patterson learned to read at the age of three, when he was tasked with reading The Christian Herald to his bed-ridden grandfather.[1] At night, he would crouch beneath a window and read by the light of street lamps.I read Oliver Twist when I was six. Not because it was a classic, but because it was a book that was available. I probably didn't understand everything in it?for years I used to pronounce the word rogue as rogger?but I didn't care. I just loved reading.[1]When his mother remarried, the family relocated to Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, where Patterson attended the Roundhay Grammar School for Boys. He proved to be an indifferent student and left school with few formal qualifications. In 1947 he began two years of national service, at first with the East Yorkshire Regiment,[6] and later as a non-commissioned officer of the Royal Horse Guards Regiment of the Household Cavalry[7] doing security work on the East German border.[8][1]After leaving the army, he returned to London to study sociology at the London School of Economics while working as a driver and labourer at night. He chose the university for its "history of nonconformism".[1] He received his third-class degree after three years of study.[1] After getting a teaching qualification, he accepted a job lecturing in social psychology and criminology.[1] He taught liberal studies at Leeds Polytechnic University and education at James Graham College, which became part of Leeds Polytechnic in 1976.Writing careerIn 1959, Higgins began writing novels.[1] One of his aliases was James Graham. The growing success of his early work allowed him to take time off from his teaching, which he quit eventually to become a full-time novelist.Patterson's early novels, using his own name (as "Harry Patterson") as well as the pseudonyms James Graham, Martin Fallon, and Hugh Marlowe, are thrillers that typically feature hardened, cynical heroes, ruthless villains, and dangerous locales. Patterson published thirty-five such novels (sometimes three or four a year) between 1959 and 1974, learning his craft. East Of Desolation (1968), A Game For Heroes (1970) and The Savage Day (1972) are notable among his early work for their vividly described settings (Greenland, the Channel Islands, and Belfast, respectively) and offbeat plots.Patterson began using the pseudonym Jack Higgins during the late 1960s; his first minor bestsellers were published during the early 1970s, two contemporary thrillers The Savage Day and A Prayer for the Dying,[9] but it was the publication of his thirty-sixth book, The Eagle Has Landed, in 1975, that made Higgins' reputation. Its plot concerns a German commando unit sent into England to kidnap Winston Churchill, and is reminiscent of Alberto Cavalcanti's wartime movie Went the Day Well?, which itself was based on the 1942 Graham Greene short story "The Lieutenant Died Last". The main character is arguably an Irish gunman and poet, Liam Devlin. Higgins followed The Eagle Has Landed with a series of thrillers, including several (Touch The Devil, Confessional, The Eagle Has Flown) featuring the character Devlin.The third phase of Patterson's career began with the publication of Eye of the Storm in 1992, a fictionalised retelling of an unsuccessful mortar attack on Prime Minister John Major, by a ruthless young Irish gunman-philosopher named Sean Dillon, hired by an Iraqi millionaire. Cast as the main character for the next series of novels (22 to date, out of 43 published between 1992 and 2017), it is apparent that Dillon is in many ways an amalgamation of Patterson's previous heroes?Chavasse with his flair for languages, Nick Miller's familiarity with martial arts and jazz keyboard skills, Simon Vaughan's Irish roots, facility with firearms and the cynicism that comes with assuming the responsibility of administering a justice unavailable through a civilized legal system.Personal lifeHiggins met Amy Hewitt while both were studying at the London School of Economics.[4] They were married in 1958, soon after he received a £75[1] ($210) advance for his first novel?"the biggest wedding present we could have had."[4] They have four children: Sarah (born 1960), Ruth (born 1962), Sean (born 1965), and Hannah (born 1974).[4][10] Their daughter Sarah Patterson authored the novel The Distant Summer (1976).[11] Higgins lives on Jersey, in the Channel Islands,[1][12]BibliographyN° Year Title[13] Writing as Featuring Publisher Notes1 1959 Sad Wind from the Sea Harry Patterson Mark Hagen John Long 2 1960 Cry of the Hunter Harry Patterson Martin Fallon John Long Martin Fallon Book 13 1961 The Thousand Faces of Night Harry Patterson Hugh Marlow John Long 4 1962 Comes the Dark Stranger Harry Patterson Martin Shane John Long 5 1962 Hell Is Too Crowded Harry Patterson Matthew Brady John Long 6 1962 The Testament of Caspar Schultz Martin Fallon Paul Chavasse Abelard-Schuman Paul Ch, Madison Books, Incorporated<