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Jack Higgins
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8,385 books added
8,385 books added
(Harry Patterson)
(1929 - 2022)
aka Martin Fallon, James Graham, Hugh Marlowe, Harry Patterson
Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve.
Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, serving on the East German border during the Cold War. His subsequent employment included occupations as diverse as circus roustabout, truck driver, clerk and, after taking an honours degree in sociology and social psychology, teacher and university lecturer.
The Eagle Has Landed turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have sold over 250 million copies and have been translated into fifty-five languages.
Many have also been filmed, including The Violent Enemy, which was banned for political reasons by the Foreign Office; the great MGM classic The Wrath of God, Rita Hayworth's last film; The Eagle Has Landed; A Prayer for the Dying, starring Bob Hoskins and M