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    Where Eagles Dare
    Where Eagles Dare
    Where Eagles Dare
    Audiobook9 hours

    Where Eagles Dare

    Written by Alistair MacLean

    Narrated by Jonathan Oliver

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    The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

    Winter 1943, and US General Carnaby has been captured by the Nazis. He is being held in a fortress high in the Bavarian Alps. headquarters of the German Secret Service, and in his head are plans for the invasion of Normandy.

    A special team of British commandos, a US Army ranger and a female secret agent is hurriedly assembled. Their mission: parachute into the area, break in to the alpine Castle, and rescue General Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him.

    But unknown to all, there is another mission, and someone in the group is a traitor…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJul 6, 2017
    ISBN9780008224394
    Author

    Alistair MacLean

    Alistair MacLean, the son of a minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. After the war he read English at Glasgow University and became a teacher. Two and a half years spent aboard a wartime cruiser gave him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed.

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