The Valhalla Exchange, Jack Higgins
The Valhalla Exchange, Jack Higgins
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The Valhalla Exchange

Author: Jack Higgins

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/15/2009


Synopsis

On the 30th of April, 1945, Russian radar reported a light aircraft leaving the vicinity of the Tiergarten in Berlin. But who was on board, and where was the plane going?Berlin was in ruins as the Russians moved relentlessly towards the concrete bunker where the Nazi administration was falling apart. But one man, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann, Adolf Hitler’s secretary and éminence grise had a daring plan to escape.Far away to the southwest, at Schloss Arlberg above the River Inn, five prisoners of war were contemplating their fate. Would they be murdered by their captors or liberated by the Russians?Unbeknown to them Bormann has his own plans. They are about to become part of a mystery that has fascinated the world for over sixty years. What exactly did happen to Bormann and his prisoners?

About Jack Higgins

Since The Eagle Has Landed—one of the biggest-selling thrillers of all time—every novel Jack Higgins has written has become an international bestseller. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and many of his books have been made into successful movies, including The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch a King, On Dangerous Ground, Eye of the Storm, and Thunder Point. He has degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics from the University of London, and a doctorate in media from Leeds Metropolitan University. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an expert scuba diver and marksman, Higgins lives in Jersey on the Channel Islands.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pramod on August 18, 2015

Jack Higgins is a name that is often associated with fast paced and highly engrossing political and espionage thrillers featuring some of the noblest of heroes ever to adorn the thriller genre. Jack Higgins is the pseudonym of ‘Harry Patterson’, a prolific British writer with more than 80 novels, wh......more

Goodreads review by Christian on November 08, 2021

This isn't the only Jack Higgins novel involving the infamous Reichsleiter, Martin Bormann (Adolf Hitler's personal secretary), as there's also "The Bormann Testament." However, unlike "TBT, " wherein Bormann is strictly referred to in the abstract, this time the Reichsleiter--and his fictitious bod......more

Goodreads review by Rehan on January 14, 2025

দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধের চূড়ান্ত মুহূর্তে মিত্র বাহিনী বার্লিন এর দিকে অগ্রসর হচ্ছে। জার্মানদের এমন নাজুক অবস্থায় তিনটা টাইগার ট্যাংক নিয়ে মিত্রবাহিনীকে গুড়িয়ে দেয় 502 SS হেভি ব্যাটালিয়নের মেজর কার্ল রিটার। বার্লিন রক্ষা করা যেখানে খুব জরুরী, সেখানে মেজরকে এই কাজের অবদানের জন্য হঠাৎ ডেকে পাঠানো......more

Goodreads review by Mal on November 01, 2019

Following World War II, publishers brought out a steady stream of books purporting to identify the whereabouts of prominent Nazis. Martin Bormann, Adolf Eichmann, and Josef Mengele were three of their favorite subjects. All three were thought to have survived the war and fled to South America throug......more

Goodreads review by Martin on February 01, 2018

No one writes WWII action thrillers better than Jack Higgins. His ability to create believable and sympathetic antagonist as well as protagonists is unmatched. His portrayal of Liam Devlin, IRA gunman-turned-German spy, in The Eagle Has Landed produced one of the best remembered not-so-bad-guys in l......more