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Book Review of The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed
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Back cover: What Frederick Forsyth did so well in THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, Jack Higgins does even better in THE EASGLE HAS LANDED.--Associated Press.

THE ORDER: On September 16, 1943, the order came down from Adolph Hitler: "Bring me Churchill."

THE PLAN: To kidnap the Prime Minister during his quiet weekend at a country house in Norfolk, England.

THE DATE: At precisely one o'clock on the morning of Saturday, November 6, 1943, Heinrich Himmler received a simple message: "The Eagle has landed." The most explosive mission ever conceived was poised to strike.