by JackHiggins (Author)
The electrifying WWII bestseller from the master of the game. On the 30th April 1945, Russian radar reported a light aircraft leaving the vicinity of the Tiergarten in Berlin. But who was on board, and where was the plane going? Berlin was in ruins as the Russians moved relentlessly towards the concrete bunker where the Nazi adminstration had been destroyed. But one man, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann, Adolf Hitler's secretary and eminence grise had a daring plan to escape. Far away to the south-west , at Schloss Arlberg above the River Inn, five prisoners of war were contemplating their fate. Would they be murdered by their captors or liberated by the Russians? Unbeknown to them Bormann has his own plans. They are about to become part of a mystery that has fascinated the world for over sixty years. What exactly did happen to Bormann and his prisoners?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
Edition: 1st Harper Edition
Publisher: HarperFiction THE CLASSIC WWII BESTSELLER
Published: 18 Dec 2006
ISBN 10: 0007223722
ISBN 13: 9780007223725
Book Overview:
Another first rate page-turner from Jack Higgins, a writer at the peak of his power'
Daily Express
`Open a Jack Higgins novel and you'll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers ... first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.'
Sunday Express
`Higgins is a master of his craft.'
Daily Telegraph
`A thriller writer in a class of his own.'
Financial Times
`The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.'
Daily Mail