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Book Review of The Eagle Has Flown

The Eagle Has Flown
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As an increasingly isolated and insane Hitler pursues his hopeless was, betrayal and treachery reach the highest level of the third reich.
German intelligence knows that paratroop officer Colonel Steiner survived "operation Eagle," the bungled top secret,assassination attempt on Winston Churchill, and is now a POW somewhere in London.Reichsfuhrer Himmler wants him back at any cost and puts his ace espionage men in charge of the perilous rescue mission.
Racing from the nightclubs of Lisbon to Hitlers opulent country retreat to the damp streets of London,Himmlers men get closer to their target and to the shattering truth of their mission.
A riveting tale told at a lightening pace,The Eagle Has Flown sweeps us into the drama and suspence of the war behind the war the deadly games of treason played in the innermost sanctums of nazi Germany.