Clive (Frederick William) Egleton was a British author of spy novels. He enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1945 to train as a tank driver while still underage. He was subsequently commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment for whom he served in India, Hong Kong, Germany, Egypt, Cyprus, The Persian Gulf and East Africa. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
His novel Seven Days to a Killing was filmed as The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine. Escape to Athena is a novelization of the 1979 movie of the same name.
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Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Ashton, peter (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books, Peter Ashton (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Intelligence officers, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, action & adventure, Spy stories, Fiction in English, Fiction, general, World War, 1939-1945, Great britain, fiction, Intelligence service, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, espionage, Great Britain, London (england), fiction, Missing persons, Missing persons, fiction, Poland, fiction, Soviet union, fiction, TerrorismPlaces
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- Clive Egleton
- Patrick Blake
- John Tarrant
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