Neil Armstrong0 (3 July 2018). "Where Eagles Dare at 50: how Burton and Eastwood – plus a lot of vodka – made the world's favourite war movie". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018.

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Alistair Maclean’s writing is as brisk and efficient as ever, with little in the way of literary flourish. He does though overuse adverbs, particularly in dialogue: For example this exchange: I'm about to review a modern techno-thriller and while researching the author something jogged my 14 year old self's memory of Alistair McLean. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.” The story isn't all that realistic.A team of British commandos disguised as Germans, paracahutes into a German stronghold to rescue an American officer.The real mission is more complex. I think a good book must make you tremble, laugh, leave you speechless, hold your breath, make you eager to read it, make you sorry you finished it so fast.

On the plus side, the writing is punchy, the pace is high, and the twists make sense within the logic of the book. Further, Alistair Maclean is undoubtedly one of the greatest ever writers of an action scene. Inevitably, any book primarily driven by a roller-coaster plot suffers from familiarity after a few reads, but even having read the book and seen the movie multiple times, the fight on top of the cable car is still one of the most gripping scenes ever written. Where Eagles Dare: Alternative Cover

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Acțiunea romanului se petrece pe perioada a 24 de ore în timpul celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial. John Smith si echipa sa trebuie să se infiltreze în interiorul castelului Schloss Adler (supranumit și Castelul Vulturilor) pentru a salva un general amercan care a fost prins de nemți după ce avionul lui s-a prăbusit în Alpi. În misiunea lor, spionii au parte de tot felul de obstacole care mai de care mai periculoase. Misiunea lor: să salveze ostatecul și să rămână în viață!The cellulord is watching: WHERE EAGLES DARE". Archived from the original on 1 April 2017 . Retrieved 1 April 2017. Where Eagles Dare, written by Alistair Maclean and published in 1967, was a critical and commercial success, and critics regard it as a classic of the spy thriller genre. Where Eagles Dare: Title

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German troops surround the bar and capture the British team. Smith and Schaffer escape, cause a diversion by setting fire to the train station, and then travel to the Schloss Adler on the roof of the cable car. When they get near the castle, they jump onto the roof, and Mary helps them climb in through a window. Schaffer disables the German’s helicopter, and Smith cuts the telephone lines to isolate the castle. At the Schloss Adler Armstrong, Neil (3 July 2018). "The Daily Telegraph". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018 . Retrieved 20 October 2018. The story starts off with a great flourish when Major Smith and Lt Shaffer together with their motley crew are sent on a perilous mission to the Schloss Adler, a fortress high in the alps of Southern Bavaria. There is initial intrigue when having parachuted into enemy territory one of the saboteurs is found murdered, there is an enemy agent within the ranks! We then proceed in a set formulaic manner as Smith and Shaffer proceed to infiltrate the fortress stronghold by means of a perilous journey on the roof of a cable car. Their task it would appear is to rescue Col Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him and discover the plans for the second front ie the expected imminent Normandy Landings. There is lots of shooting, and a final confrontation within the castle when the true nature of Smith’s mission is disclosed. This is followed by more shooting as our brave heroes depart the bloody scene amidst chaos and a smouldering fortress that is fast being destroyed by fire and turning into dust and decay. Where Eagles Dare has a roller-coaster Mission plot (see Spy Novel Plots), but it’s really all about the twists and the action. The ‘Mission’ Plot Pentru el, vibraţiile puternice erau, neîndoios, la fel de relaxante ca serviciile celui mai blând masor, zgomotul asurzitor al motoarelor, un bun somnifer, iar temperatura din jur, potrivită pentru un individ pasionat de lecturi uşoare.”Siddique, Haroon (5 August 2018). "Swiss Alps plane crash leaves all 20 passengers and crew dead". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018 . Retrieved 5 August 2018. During World War Two a team of British spies attempt to rescue an American general from an impregnable castle in the German Alps but, when they discover there are double agents in the group, the team must discover who the traitors are and then escape against enormous odds. In the book the group is flown into Germany on board an RAF Avro Lancaster, whereas in the film they are transported in a Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 52. While in the film Kramer, Rosemeyer, and Von Hapen are shot dead by Schaffer and Smith, in the novel they are just given high doses of nembutal. In the book Thomas, Carraciola, and Christiansen attempt to escape in the cable car with Smith on the roof. Carraciola is crushed by the steel suspension arm of the cable car while struggling with Smith on the roof; Thomas and Christiansen fall to their deaths after Smith blows the cable car up with plastic explosive. In the film Christiansen is killed and Berkeley (Carraciola in the novel) incapacitated by Smith on the cable car (he dies apparently when the cable car explodes), and Thomas is shot and killed by a German soldier while climbing down a rope. [42] References [ edit ]