Why would I give it a '2.5 really' rating is because the transpiring of events, the build-up of the plot seems stiff and reeks with the scenic technical details which makes the book read-out like a movie script rather than a thriller book. From what I understand, thanks to the group-read discussions, Alistair Maclean was simultaneously writing the screenplay of the movie.The same is conspicuous in his writing style of the book. The only thing that came out good from this is the fact that the book was short and not time consuming. 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. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) WED-MOUNTAIN-Image6-TXT". xtremelaser.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016 . Retrieved 12 January 2022. Dyer’s general mode of art here is wry scene-by-scene description. Our parachuting heroes land in the snow. “‘Major!’ bellows one of the search team, loudly disregarding what might reasonably be assumed is the first rule of stealthy survival behind enemy lines.” When Burton’s character is shot in one hand, Dyer relishes the absurdity of describing the aftermath like this: “With his other hand he is able to tie an aptly named handkerchief around the injured hand.” Eastwood has 'the unhurried grace of a Roger Federer in a German uniform'

Head, Dominic (26 January 2006). The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press. p.431. ISBN 9780521831796. The book 'Where Eagles DARE' starts with a trifling irony. Before a sky-drop scene into the German lands to pursue a high class search and rescue mission of an eminent person, the characters(soldiers specially chosen and obviously quite able) visibly seem to lose their calm and start contemplating death in a nervous set of dialogues and the confusing character introduction. The author: Alistair Maclean (1922-1987) was the son of a minister in the Scottish Highlands, and saw active service in the second world war in the Royal Navy. He became a schoolteacher, but won a short story competition in 1954 that encouraged him to put his war experiences into a novel. HMS Ulysses (1955) was the result, and was an immediate success, allowing Maclean to become a full-time writer. More war novels followed, notably The Guns of Navarone (1957), and Maclean moved to Switzerland in 1957 to escape UK tax laws. In the 1960s, he turned to espionage, writing The Dark Crusader (1961) and The Satan Bug (1962) under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. With a string of successful film adaptations boosting his name, Maclean's sales flourished in the 1960s, though he briefly retired from writing in 1963 to become a hotelier. Where Eagles Dare (1967) marked a return to his favourite second world war territory. As he struggled with alcoholism in the 1970s, Maclean's popularity began to wane, and his novels began to recycle old ideas. He died after a stroke in Munich in 1987. 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.”Possibly not. I love the story, it is a classic, and possibly Maclean's best work... but.. it is only a good listen if the narrator can recreate this. The producer/editors should also take some of the blame to. This recording is not upto the standard of the 40 year old cassette version! dead in Junkers Ju 52 crash in Switzerland". Airliners.Ne. 4 August 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018 . Retrieved 5 August 2018. Rev. Alistair MacLean". Family Search. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014 . Retrieved 23 July 2014.

The producer consulted MacLean and requested an adventure film filled with mystery, suspense, and action. Most of MacLean's novels had been made into films or were being filmed. Kastner persuaded MacLean to write a new story; six weeks later, he delivered the script, at that time entitled Castle of Eagles. Kastner hated the title, and chose Where Eagles Dare instead. The title [7] is from Act I, Scene III, Line 71 in William Shakespeare's Richard III: "The world is grown so bad, that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch". Like virtually all of MacLean's works, Where Eagles Dare features his trademark "secret traitor", who must be unmasked by the end. Johnstone, Iain (10 May 1978). "The Man with the Golden Typewriter". The Australian Women's Weekly. p.65 . Retrieved 10 July 2012. a b c "Where Eagles Dare". TCM. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022 . Retrieved 11 November 2022.Alistair Stuart MacLean ( Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, most notably The Guns of Navarone (1957) and Ice Station Zebra (1963). In the late 1960s, encouraged by film producer Elliott Kastner, MacLean began to write original screenplays, concurrently with an accompanying novel. The most successful was the first of these, the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare, which was also a bestselling novel. MacLean also published two novels under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. His books are estimated to have sold over 150 million copies, making him one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time. [1] As the second world war thriller became bogged down during the mid-60s in plodding epics like Operation Crossbow and The Heroes of Telemark, someone was needed to reintroduce a little sang-froid, some post-Le Carré espionage, and for heaven's sake, some proper macho thrills into the genre. Alistair Maclean stepped up, writing the screenplay and the novel of Where Eagles Dare simultaneously, and Brian G Hutton summoned up a better than usual cast headed by Richard Burton (Major Jonathan Smith), a still fresh-faced Clint Eastwood (Lieutenant Morris Schaffer), and the late Mary Ure (Mary Elison). Film locations—Where Eagles Dare". Archived from the original on 30 September 2018 . Retrieved 30 September 2018. At one point during filming, Burton was threatened at gunpoint by an overzealous fan, but fortunately danger was averted. [21] The War Movie Buff: BOOK/MOVIE: Where Eagles Dare (1967/1968)". 29 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018 . Retrieved 21 October 2018.