Threatened on all sides, a desperate Hitler lashes out with an impossible order: kidnap Winston Churchill-or kill him.
The German plot to kidnap Churchill.
Back cover: What Frederick Forsyth did so well in THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, Jack Higgins does even better in THE EASGLE HAS LANDED.--Associated Press.
THE ORDER: On September 16, 1943, the order came down from Adolph Hitler: "Bring me Churchill."
THE PLAN: To kidnap the Prime Minister during his quiet weekend at a country house in Norfolk, England.
THE DATE: At precisely one o'clock on the morning of Saturday, November 6, 1943, Heinrich Himmler received a simple message: "The Eagle has landed." The most explosive mission ever conceived was poised to strike.
THE ORDER: On September 16, 1943, the order came down from Adolph Hitler: "Bring me Churchill."
THE PLAN: To kidnap the Prime Minister during his quiet weekend at a country house in Norfolk, England.
THE DATE: At precisely one o'clock on the morning of Saturday, November 6, 1943, Heinrich Himmler received a simple message: "The Eagle has landed." The most explosive mission ever conceived was poised to strike.
I'm not a big WW II reader, but this was excellent. I saw the movie as a kid and read the book as an adult. Realized that books are always better> This book really captures the WWII drama and pulls you into it as if you were there.
The dat4e- November 1943. The place-Studley Constable, a remote Norfolk village. A group of Polish commandos, led by an English officer, arrives on exercises..but simultaneously a message is radioed to Hummler's headquarters in Berlin: "The eagle Has landed".
For these men are not Polish commandos but German paratroopers under orders from Hitler to bring off one of the most audaciouis coups of the war-to kidnap Churchill and bring him back to Germany! This exciting, well-plotted and entirely credible story by JACK HIGGINS recounts how the attempt almost succeeded and how, but for a chance accident, Kurt Steiner ahd his men, aided by German agent Joanna Grey and ex-IRA member Liam Devlin, almost achieved the impossible. This recorded version is read by Edward Fox, an actor of international fame.
For these men are not Polish commandos but German paratroopers under orders from Hitler to bring off one of the most audaciouis coups of the war-to kidnap Churchill and bring him back to Germany! This exciting, well-plotted and entirely credible story by JACK HIGGINS recounts how the attempt almost succeeded and how, but for a chance accident, Kurt Steiner ahd his men, aided by German agent Joanna Grey and ex-IRA member Liam Devlin, almost achieved the impossible. This recorded version is read by Edward Fox, an actor of international fame.
A well written, exciting read. How the Nazi's could have kidnapped Churchill - sounds plausible.
Enjoyed the book.
