The Eagle Has Flown [Import] [Paperback]

Jack Higgins (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: Pan Books; New Ed edition (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330321994
• ISBN-13: 978-0330321990
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,698,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jack Higgins is among the world's most popular authors. Since the publication of The Eagle Has Landed--one of the biggest-selling thrillers of all time--every novel he has written has become an international bestseller, including The White House Connection and Day of Reckoning. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and has been published in thirty-eight languages worldwide. Many of his books have been made into successful movies, among them The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch A King, and The Valhalla Exchange. He lives with his wife on Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite "The Eagle has Landed," but a good read anyway., October 18, 2000

By 

"bulldog51" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eagle Has Flown (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is the sequel to Higgins' earlier work "The Eagle has Landed," a story about a small group of German paratroopers sent to England in 1943 to kidnap Winston Churchill. It picks up just after "Landed."

Heirich Himmler charges one of his SS generals with putting together a plot to break out the only survivor of the first mission, Lt. Col. Steiner, who's being held as a POW in London. General Schellenberg recruits former IRA gunman Liam Devlin, now in Lisbon, to run the operation in England. Devlin succeeds, with the help of a pair of down-on-their-luck English fascist sympathizers and one of Devlin's old IRA sleeper contacts in London. There's also a subplot of an attempted SS coup against Hitler, and Devlin & company's attempt to thwart it.

This book isn't quite on par with "Landed," but is a good read nonetheless. If you read "Landed," then you'd probably enjoy this book, although it did leave the issue of what happened to the survivors unresolved at the end, which sticks in my craw a little bit. I would have liked it better if Higgins had extended the epilogue and wrapped everything up, but it seemed he was leaving the door open for a third book in the series. I did think it was interesting how Higgins framed most of the narrative: The prologue and epilogue were set in the present day, as though an aging Liam Devlin was telling the story to Higgins.

I thought the most interesting character was Captain Asa Vaughn, an American pilot who fought the Soviets for the Finns, but when the Finns allied with the Germans, was given a choice: the SS or a concentration camp. He joined the SS, with the condition that he only fights on the Eastern Front. He's ordered to fly into England and exfiltrate Devlin and Steiner. I would have liked Higgins to go into some more detail about Vaughn and what happened to him after the war; what did he do with the rest of his life? Did he ever go back to the States? Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait for Higgins to turn out the 3rd book to clear up this and my other questions.

If you liked "The Eagle has Landed," you like "The Eagle has Flown," but be prepared for some unresolved questions at the end.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hide and Seek, WWII Style, October 31, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Eagle Has Flown (Mass Market Paperback)

A Review by Jace

The end of the Second World War is near, and Hitler is relentless. British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, had been kidnapped by a secret Nazi spy group and no one knows his exact location. Except for one man Kurtis Steiner who is being held prisoner by the British forces. Jack Higgins enters the story as a young historian who must now find the keys to unravel the secret mysteries of the Nazi army. He is sent on a mission to Ireland to find the closest link to Kurtis Steiner, but is unknowing of what he will find. Higgins must fight his way through chambers, dungeons and ward of enemy spies and troops. Higgins is in for the fight of his life and he is bringing you along for the ride.

This book is a masterpiece. It shows the true horror of war from a different stand point. Many war books show you a view from the U.S. but this book gives you a look from the British and Nazi sidelines. It also has a truckload of suspense. I was awake at night wondering what would happen next. My head was full of predictions and guesses of who was to die next, and what was behind that door. My hair was on end through the entire story. This book also brought along enough action for everybody, and had leftovers. Higgins challenges his mind against the mind of a Nazi general and henchman. Higgins challenges tanks and specially trained troops. This book is a work of art.

I would recommend this book to anybody who has read a bond book. This novel blows good old James out of the water. It has mystery, suspense, and action. I was left with my jaw on the floor. Higgins has left his heart in this book, which makes it worth the read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars terrific read, September 22, 1998

By 

Robertomelbourne (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eagle Has Flown (Mass Market Paperback)

I enjoyed the sequel to the Eagle has Landed. I thought it had many of the qualities, attributes, and certainly same style that made the Eagle has Landed a terrific read - fast, flowing, and tight. I have read a couple of Higgin's books in between the Eagle series, and hadn't really enjoyed them. But reading this book has made me want to read Higgins again.