The Eagle Has Landed

Download or read book The Eagle Has Landed written by Jack Higgins and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early morning hours of 6 November 1943, SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler receives the coded message he has been waiting for: 'The Eagle has landed.' It was to become known as the most daring enemy mission of the entire war: Operation Eagle, Himmler's audacious plan to kidnap Winston Churchill on British soil. But, despite spectacular secrecy, there was to be no surrender without a fight . . . For in that remote corner of Norfolk, an elite unit is gathered together. Ready to do battle for a nation against the most ruthless task force ever assembled. '100 per cent proof adventure.' New York Times