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Where Eagles Dare
by: Alistair MacLean

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780006158042
ISBN: 0006158048
Label: Fontana Press
Manufacturer: Fontana Press
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: May 24, 1993
Publisher: Fontana Press
Studio: Fontana Press
Sales Rank: 37165

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A Cable Car Named Adventure
A group of allied soldiers are dropped by parachute into Germany in order to find a way inside Schloss Adler (the castle of the eagle), the combined headquarters of the German Secret Service and the Gestapo. They have to rescue Lieutenant General Carnaby, an American general who is the overall co-ordinator for Operation Overlord, the Second Front, before he talks.

Someone though is sabotaging their efforts; can a member of the six British and one American Special Forces team be a traitor? The commanding officer, Smith, has brought a woman with him too, a fact unknown to the other team members. Added to that are the problems of the elite Alpenkorps being stationed at the foot of the mountain and the Castle, built on the side of the ... Read More:

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- Cracking good yarn
For me, the book was spoiled by seeing the movie first. Apparently the screen play was written before the novel which explains why the book is identical to the film - in itself unusual. However it was an excellent read, and has everything one could ask for, good plot, twists and turns, and plenty action. I found the sequence involving the roofs of the cable cars rather confusing, but the film clarified that. Overall it was an enjoyable book.

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- Surely one of thee best book and film combos ever...
This story has it all... Secrecy, love, violence, good, evil, great characters and a massive backdrop.

The plot twists and turns and leaves us dangling over the edge of a certain cable car... avoiding tank fire, driving buses, flying planes and blowing up gestapo castles... All in a days work really.

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- An Excellent piece of jerry-bashing
This is simply one of those can't put down, thrill - a - minute, will he won't he? classic books that have us reliving WWII. Bullets wizz, double agents crawl out of every hole and you are never quite sure of the outcome. Brilliant, I am so glad Maclean wrote thirty odd thrillers, I won't be running out for a while!

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