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Oct 5, 1995 · In true Clavell style the various characters weave through the intricate plot with the speed of a runaway freight train. The heads of the UK based helicopter devise a bold and dangerous plan to extricate several million dollars in helicopters and spare parts along with all non-Iranian personnel.
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A British helicopter company—secretly owned by the Noble House of Hong Kong—with a fleet of helicopters registered in Iran faces bankruptcy if their copters are claimed or destroyed by the uprising. The pilots need to escape, but they’ve built lives in Iran, some even have families.
Jul 1, 1999 · Escape: The Love Story from Whirlwind. Mass Market Paperback – July 1, 1999. by James Clavell (Author) 529. Book 6 of 6: The Asian Saga. See all formats and editions. The Shah is thrown out of Iran and the nations's turmoil becomes world headlines.
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- James Clavell
Escape. Whirlwind is a novel by James Clavell, first published in 1986. It forms part of The Asian Saga and is chronologically the last book in the series. Set in Iran in early 1979, it follows the fortunes of a group of Struan's helicopter pilots, Iranian officials and oil men and their families in the turmoil surrounding the fall of the ...
- James Clavell
- 1986
Aug 13, 2019 · Escape is a moving story, expertly told, unthreaded from the original masterwork, and allowed to stand on its own, brilliantly. Tehran, Iran 1979: Simmering religious tensions explode and the Shah is forced to flee Iran.
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- James Clavell
Jan 1, 2006 · James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore.
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Their one objective is to make a bold, concerted escape to safety across the Gulf. James Clavell told the full story of the three weeks it took them to achieve this in his hugely popular bestseller Whirlwind. Here he has taken out a single, poignant thread from that epic narrative.
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