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This is one of those classic war novels that created a genre and was highly influential, like the Alistair Maclean's novels Guns of Navarone & Where Eagles Dare (both books share the same era in thriller books that were published and both are British and are considered great in their genre).
This is one of those books that dared to show a different face of WWII, the Germans were not the bloodthirsty murderers they are actually the gentleman like hero's and of course the other antihero the IRA hit ...more
This is one of those books that dared to show a different face of WWII, the Germans were not the bloodthirsty murderers they are actually the gentleman like hero's and of course the other antihero the IRA hit ...more
Jack Higgins is an English author of inventive, historical-based action/intrigue tales written with a distinctive zest and style he has made his own in the market. You can always 'tell' a Jack Higgins yarn when its in your hands. His tales are brisk; military; balanced. They have the correct proportions of all the ingredients necessary for fun 'period' thrillers; and they usually finish with a crisp, cynical, self-deprecating snap which Alistair McLean perhaps wishes he could impart to his own w
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Feb 19, 2013
Michael
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it was amazing
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An excellent thriller about a German plot to kidnap Churchill at the height of WWII. This is really a legitimate page-turner. Truly exicting right to the last page.
I really enjoyed this very competent WWII thriller. The Nazis have a plot to kidnap Churchill. Since this isn't alternate history you know it's going to fail, and thus the focus is on how it fails, and on how the plot was hatched in the first place. There are enough twists thrown in here and there to keep this from being too predictable.
The main characters are fairly well-fleshed out, given the constraints of an action-oriented book. I liked some of them enough that I wished I could get to know ...more
The main characters are fairly well-fleshed out, given the constraints of an action-oriented book. I liked some of them enough that I wished I could get to know ...more
Really good war action book.
Mar 09, 2009
Scott E
marked it as to-read
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Jul 08, 2009
Malia
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really liked it
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