The Eagle Has Landed
(JACK HIGGINS)
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED ---- JACK
HIGGINS
One of the best works of Jack Higgins, The Eagle Has
Landed is definitely a must read. The book is part fact and part fiction
dealing with the attempt by German paratroopers, the elite of the elite
Fallschirmjager, to kidnap the then British wartime prime minister, Winston
Churchill and take him dead or alive to Germany. The leader of such extraordinary a task is in himself
a wonder, Lieutenant-Colonel Kurt Steiner, half American half German is a man
with disdain for authority, a war hero serving a penal unit, loved like god by
his men, blackmailed into committing himself to this venture by Himmler in
exchange for his father?s life. This is one of the very few books that paints
an unbiased and humanitarian picture of German soldiers led by an autocratic
madman bent upon world domination. The plot is fast paced, mindblowingly
interesting and riveting to the core taking the reader from one high to
another, leading to an explosive finish. The work of a masterful storyteller,
who blends fact and fiction into one, The Eagle Has Landed is a book that can
be read time and again and remains a faithful mistress entertaining and
delighting the reader always. From personal experience I can say that in the
past year, this has been one among the very few books that I have read over
five times and yet look forward to reading it once again.
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