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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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I read this book last year and I just found that I never rated it on Goodreads. This is a very fine story of able men, brave soldiers and honest beings fighting for an evil, lost and immoral cause. The German soldiers work on a suicide plan to kidnap Churchill when he is vacationing in a distant and aloof countryside. The whole plan is full of risks and precarious situations that dare even the bravest of men, but these gallant soldiers are on it without any second thoughts. An excellent WW2 stor
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It was hard to keep track of all the different characters in this book. I enjoyed it very. I’d seen the movie many years ago so I thought I’d read the book as well.
Higgins is a master storyteller
Higgins is a master storyteller
Sep 12, 2012
Graeme Shimmin
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it was amazing
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Nov 14, 2013
Simon Jenner
marked it as to-read
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must-get-to-soon
Nov 17, 2013
Lee
rated it
really liked it
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