Where Eagles Dare - Paperback

from delta61

"Where Eagles Dare," a book and a movie about British commandos on a WW 2 raid into Germany. I saw the movie more than once and decided to see if the book was anywhere close. I was not disappointed. The book and movie ran along the same lines, although I found the book much more exciting. The sta...

from Bettesbooks

Espionage and suspense by Alistair MacLean. The second front is coming and the British have lost the American General responsible for its planning. General Carnaby was to meet with his Russian counterpart when his Mosquito aircraft was shot down in Germany by the Schloss Adler, home of the German...

from claidheamdanns

We used to read these together on family trips. Good memories. Every bit as good as I remember them, usually with my brother, John, reading to us.

from Dalziel

an enthralling, exciting, believable, intelligent story that sweeps the reader along as a group of British (and an American) agents are sent into wartime Germany to a mountaintop schloss to rescue an Allies general. Twists and turns abound and it really is an action book that conveys the sense of...

from jeffome

A rip-roaring ride for me! I just loved this. The bulk of the story theoretically takes place just over 2 hours time, and it is non-stop excitement. British WWII agents with some American help do the impossible....over & over & over......which would normally be a detraction for me.....all of the ...