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The Eagle Has Landed is a book by British writer Jack Higgins, set during World War II and first published in 1975. [1] It was quickly adapted into a British film of the same name, released in 1976.
- Jack Higgins
- 1975
As the Allied forces slowly begin turning the tide of war, Hitler vehemently orders the impossible—kidnap Winston Churchill, or kill him. A crack team of commandos led by a disgraced war hero must venture into the heart of England to carry out their mission, or die trying.
- Mass Market Paperback
Sep 8, 2024 · Higgins explains at the outset that this book, unlike most other World War II novels published in Britain and the US, casts the Germans as heroes. And this is true — some of its falls into the trap of the myth of the “unblemished Wehrmacht”, casting the SS as the real villains.
Jul 15, 1990 · The Eagle Has Landed. Jack Higgins. Pocket Books, Jul 15, 1990 - Fiction - 336 pages. As the Allied forces slowly begin turning the tide of war, Hitler vehemently orders the impossible-kidnap...
- Jack Higgins
- Pocket Books, 1990
- 0671727737, 9780671727734
- The Eagle Has Landed
First published in 1975, The Eagle Has Landed is a classic tale of the ultimate act of wartime treachery. This 45th anniversary edition celebrates Jack Higgins' novel as one of the bestselling thrillers of all time.
Oct 24, 2013 · The Eagle Has Landed, by international bestselling author Jack Higgins, is the ultimate WWII thriller. In the early morning hours of 6 November 1943, SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler receives the coded message he has been waiting for: 'The Eagle has landed'.
As the Allied forces slowly begin turning the tide of war, Hitler vehemently orders the impossible—kidnap Winston Churchill, or kill him. A crack team of commandos led by a disgraced war hero must venture into the heart of England to carry out their mission, or die trying.Meanwhile, in a quiet seaside village, a beautiful widow and an IRA assassin have already laid the groundwork for what ...
