The Eagle Has Landed
£180.00
‘The Eagle has Landed’
Jack Higgins
Collins 1975 [third impression]
A classic novel hand bound in smooth, hand dyed genuine leather hide with black leather on-lay and gold title. Complete with original protective dust jacket slip case.
- Marbled endpapers and coloured edges
- Hand sewn end bands
- Graphic slipcase to fit, covered with original dust jacket
- Size: 210 x 140mm [ 8.5″ x 5.25” ]
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Description
Author’s Note:
“At precisely one o’clock on the morning of Saturday 6 November 1943 Heinrich Himmler, Reichsfuhrer of the SS and chief of State Police, received a simple message: THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
It meant that a small force of German para-troops were at that moment safely in England and poised to snatch the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, from the Norfolk country house near the sea, where he was spending a quiet weekend. This book is an attempt to recreate the events surrounding that astonishing exploit. At least fifty per cent of it is documented historical fact. The reader must decide for himself how much of the rest is a matter of speculation, or fiction….”
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