Where Eagles Dare, Alistair MacLean
Where Eagles Dare, Alistair MacLean
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Where Eagles Dare

Author: Alistair MacLean

Narrator: Jonathan Oliver

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 07/06/2017


Synopsis

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Winter 1943, and US General Carnaby has been captured by the Nazis. He is being held in a fortress high in the Bavarian Alps. headquarters of the German Secret Service, and in his head are plans for the invasion of Normandy. A special team of British commandos, a US Army ranger and a female secret agent is hurriedly assembled. Their mission: parachute into the area, break in to the alpine Castle, and rescue General Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him. But unknown to all, there is another mission, and someone in the group is a traitor…

Reviews

A momentous read for me in many respects. The most famous book of my favorite author as a young teenager; I was given a signed first edition (signed not just by the author but by two of the actors in the film whose screenplay the author wrote before the novel) by my closest friends as a 50th birthda......more

Where Eagles Dare was the first Alistair Maclean book I ever read in High School. One of my buddies loaned me a copy, and I (figuratively) inhaled it. (I think I read it in a day or two.) It really is quite a fast read. This is an action, adventure, espionage, thriller set during World War II, that......more

Goodreads review by Bill

When I was at school, way back in the 1970s, I used to read a lot of Alistair MacLean novels as I'm sure many teenage boys did. Back then the shelves of my local WH Smith was full of his books, many with tie in covers from the film versions. MacLean was not only a hugely successful author, but his n......more

“Why didn't you shoot him?” “I'm a changed man, boss.” Schaffer sighed. “Something splendid has just come into my life.” “Besides, you didn't have a chance.” “Besides, as you say, I didn't have a chance.” This used to be a favourite book of mine in my teens. I was totally riveted by it. I found it cheek......more


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‘A real humdinger. The best MacLean.’Daily Mirror ‘There is a splendid audacity about Where Eagles Dare, in which a handful of British agents invade an “impenetrable” Gestapo command post … MacLean offers a real dazzler of a thriller, with vivid action, fine set pieces of suspense and a virtuoso display of startling plot twists.’New York Times