Where Eagles Dare
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Oliver
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By:
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Alistair MacLean
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The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.
One winter night, seven men and a woman are parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime Germany. Their objective: an apparently inaccessible castle, headquarters of the Gestapo. Their mission: to rescue a crashed American general before the Nazi interrogators can force him to reveal secret D-day plans.
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- D E Wrightson
- 12-10-18
A little soporific, but as a bedtime story, good.
As with all MacLean, rather slow. Good narrator. Ending is a little soporific. All in all a good bedtime story.
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- Annette
- 19-01-23
Fantastic audiobook
My favourite book and film brilliantly told. Highly recommend this book from audible. Excellent entertainment
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- Juho Kojima
- 26-12-17
A ice cold thriller
Would you listen to Where Eagles Dare again? Why?
Yes. Because of Oliver`s performance. It is just pure gold. He gets the atmosphere just tight.
What did you like best about this story?
The complex story.
Have you listened to any of Jonathan Oliver’s other performances? How does this one compare?
One of his best.
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- Charlielegend
- 24-01-23
Good Fun
Very enjoyable. A huge fan of the film, I found the book equally good fun. A difficult story to narrate, and the accents were a little weak, and dated. However this did not distract too much from the excellent plot.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-05-22
Film v novel
I was a big fan of the book and the film when I was a teenager, so I thought I would see if I still liked it many years later. While the plot is very far fetched it’s not worse than most thrillers. However the main premise I realised was very odd, which was about British agents working for the Germans. There is no basis for this in fact and there is no real internal logic for their motivation in the book. However given when it was written it works better as an allegory for the Cold War. There is a rather jokey tone between the main protagonists which was a surprise which was not so evident in the film. Overall I would still happily watch the film. Not so much the book.
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- Geoff
- 25-02-20
Excellent performance of one of my favourite stories.
Great action story, very well read. Clear, good character voices, good pace. Would recommend highly
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- Mr. J. Cole
- 08-11-17
Classic film, classic book
If memory serves, the book was kind of written as the film was in production. It wasn't a book first, but written as a film.
The film is an institution, a must watch. This book has all the key elements of the film but is expanded to make it more book-like. But nothing detracts from a cracking piece of adventure and espionage.
The book does make Smith younger than the version we see in Richard Burton, but all the classic plot points and lines still work.
The performance of the narrator is perfectly suited to the story and delivers everything almost as you remember in the film. Not sure how much the film influenced the narrator or if its just me memories of the film filling in gaps. But its such a classic film you can't help but be affected by it.
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- Jeremy Wainman
- 14-10-22
A great story
Unlike Ice Station Zebra the film is very similar to the book and I could hear Richard Burton’s voice in my head as I listened to this story. It is well voiced and left me wanting more.
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- David
- 07-12-24
Was ok
The beginning was a bit slow but it did pick up. The narrator was ok as the story, but the film was great. 7/10
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- philco73
- 15-04-18
great book the reader was clear
but a little mono tone at times could do with toning himself down a bit
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