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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Anyone familiar with Jack Higgins will be aware of his best selling book The Eagle has Landed. In my opinion this book more than equals it. The scene is set in the second world war with the german army poised to invade Britain. The Duke & Duchess of Windsor are in Lisbon. The British are desperate to send them off to the Bahamas (out of sight, out of mind) and the Germans are convinced that they would jump at the chance to defect to them, whereby they would place the Duke on the throne after the invasion. A plan by the Germans is put in place in order to ensure the Duke sees things their way, and if not, then a kidnapping is in order..... Walter Schellenberg is put in charge of the case but doesn't really see things the way Himmler would like, and proves to be an almost anti hero. As usual, Higgins has created various characters to help the script flow nicely along with the pages flying by. Expect killing, torturing, double agents, & beautiful girls mixed with real life events. As in the style of many of his works there is a prologue and epilogue that tidys up events in only the way Higgins can. An excellent read and another book to add to my collection of favourites :) no reviews | add a review
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From the New York Times-bestselling author Tom Clancy called "the master": In war-torn Lisbon, a bartender and a nightclub singer are caught up in a treacherous Nazi plot. As the Nazi war machine prepares to invade England, Hitler plots to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor while they travel in Portugal, and install them as puppet monarchs under the thumb of his fascist regime. But when an American bartender and a young Jewish nightclub singer catch wind of the scheme, they set out to derail the Nazi conspiracy. As Hitler's henchmen close in, their thrilling rescue mission--and the surprising help it receives--will have the power to turn the tide of the Nazi progress toward European domination. No library descriptions found. |
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Higgins takes a fanciful positive view of the Duke and his actions, which recent literature would tend to discredit. However, Higgins praises the Duke and his view works well for his story and the way things plays out in his telling. In any event, Higgins tells a good story using interesting characters and enough historical background to make it sound authentic.
One nit about the facts: in the book's Epilogue there's a factual error because Windsor was not made Governor of Bermuda after he left the Bahamas.
Recommended as a good read despite having some flaws. ( )