Jack Higgins – The Eagle Has Landed – First UK Edition 1975
£95.00
A first edition, first printing of The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins, published by Collins, London in 1975. This is a near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in the original publisher’s black cloth with silver titling to the spine, small indented damage to front board, pushing to the head of the spine, the pictorial end papers illustrated with the ‘General area of Hobs End and Studley Constable’, the text block with some browning. The near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine and pushing to the spine tips, a closed tear to upper left hand corner of front panel and minor bumping to the knuckles of front and rear flap folds. Jacket illustration by Barry Glynn.
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins is a thrilling World War II novel following a daring Nazi plot to kidnap British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. The story is driven by a complex cast of characters, including German paratroopers, British villagers and resistance fighters. With its blend of historical events and fictional intrigue, the novel captures the tension and bravery of wartime espionage, becoming a best-seller and a classic in the genre. It was quickly adapted into a British film of the same name, directed by John Sturges and released in 1976, starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Jenny Agutter and Robert Duvall.
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A first edition, first printing of The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins, published by Collins, London in 1975. This is a near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in the original publisher’s black cloth with silver titling to the spine, small indented damage to front board, pushing to the head of the spine, the pictorial end papers illustrated with the ‘General area of Hobs End and Studley Constable’, the text block with some browning. The near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine and pushing to the spine tips, a closed tear to upper left hand corner of front panel and minor bumping to the knuckles of front and rear flap folds. Jacket illustration by Barry Glynn.
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins is a thrilling World War II novel following a daring Nazi plot to kidnap British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. The story is driven by a complex cast of characters, including German paratroopers, British villagers and resistance fighters. With its blend of historical events and fictional intrigue, the novel captures the tension and bravery of wartime espionage, becoming a best-seller and a classic in the genre. It was quickly adapted into a British film of the same name, directed by John Sturges and released in 1976, starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Jenny Agutter and Robert Duvall.
