The Eagle has Flown vs The Eagle has Landed: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Eagle has Flown The Eagle has Flown Henry Patterson · 1976 ★★★★☆ 3.8 335 pages · ≈ 6 h 12 m · Moderate
“There was an Angel of Death on top of an ornate mausoleum in one corner, arms extended.”

Following the failed attempt to assassinate Winston Churchill, Major Kurt Steiner is being held in the Tower of London. Liam Devlin is presented with a challenge from Heinrich Himmler, to rescue him from the tower and…

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Cover of The Eagle has Landed The Eagle has Landed Henry Patterson · 1975 ★★★★☆ 4.1 362 pages · ≈ 6 h 42 m · Moderate
“Someone was digging a grave in one corner of the cemetery as I went in through the lychgate.”

In November of 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: to abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler himself and planned…

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The verdict

Scores by source

The Eagle has FlownThe Eagle has Landed
Goodreads — 4.3 (57)
Hardcover 3.5 (8) 3.9 (39)
Google Books 5.0 (2) —

Reception

The Eagle has FlownThe Eagle has Landed
Ratings 8 57
Editions 30 72
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 48
Written reviews — 11
Wikipedia attention — 14027
Pages 335 362

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