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    To Catch a King
    To Catch a King
    To Catch a King
    Audiobook6 hours

    To Catch a King

    Written by Jack Higgins

    Narrated by MacLeod Andrews, Michael Page and Renee Raudman

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    1940. Hitler’s terrifying war machine will soon roll through England, and in its wake Hitler plans to enthrone puppet monarchs under Nazi control. For these roles he demands none other than the exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

    Berlin. Brilliant SS officer Walter Schellenberg is ordered to “persuade” the Duke and Duchess to the Nazi cause. But when Shellenberg impulsively aids the escape of beautiful Jewish nightclub singer Hannah Winter, he plunges them both into a dark arena of intrigue and betrayal. Hunted by ruthless Gestapo agents, chased through the deadly underground from Berlin to Madrid to Lisbon, they are racing on a collision course with their own loyalties—and the fate of all England.

    “Higgins is the master’s master of World War II spycraft storytelling” —United Press International

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 15, 2011
    ISBN9781441845016
    Author

    Jack Higgins

    Since The Eagle Has Landed—one of the biggest-selling thrillers of all time—every novel Jack Higgins has written has become an international bestseller. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and many of his books have been made into successful movies, including The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch a King, On Dangerous Ground, Eye of the Storm, and Thunder Point. He has degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics from the University of London, and a doctorate in media from Leeds Metropolitan University. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an expert scuba diver and marksman, Higgins lives in Jersey on the Channel Islands.

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    • 4/5
      One of Higgins best! Great characters and story. Also, the guy reading is excellent on every Higgins novel he reads.
    • 4/5
      A good bit of story-telling. There's long been mystery around the Duke of Windsor's time in Spain and Portugal after he was forced out of France in 1940. Higgins has created a narrative about what the Germans called "The Windsor Affair", their efforts to convince the Duke to stay in Spain rather than take up his post in the Bahamas. It's a brisk tale with some Nazi heavies and some American heroes and heroines. Most interesting is Walter Schellenberg, who was essentially a Nazi spymaster, who openly defied his Berlin masters in their attempt to physically kidnap the Windsors.Higgins takes a fanciful positive view of the Duke and his actions, which recent literature would tend to discredit. However, Higgins praises the Duke and his view works well for his story and the way things plays out in his telling. In any event, Higgins tells a good story using interesting characters and enough historical background to make it sound authentic.One nit about the facts: in the book's Epilogue there's a factual error because Windsor was not made Governor of Bermuda after he left the Bahamas.Recommended as a good read despite having some flaws.
    • 4/5
      Pretty good. Quick, no-nonsense.
    • 5/5
      Anyone familiar with Jack Higgins will be aware of his best selling book The Eagle has Landed. In my opinion this book more than equals it.The scene is set in the second world war with the german army poised to invade Britain. The Duke & Duchess of Windsor are in Lisbon. The British are desperate to send them off to the Bahamas (out of sight, out of mind) and the Germans are convinced that they would jump at the chance to defect to them, whereby they would place the Duke on the throne after the invasion. A plan by the Germans is put in place in order to ensure the Duke sees things their way, and if not, then a kidnapping is in order.....Walter Schellenberg is put in charge of the case but doesn't really see things the way Himmler would like, and proves to be an almost anti hero. As usual, Higgins has created various characters to help the script flow nicely along with the pages flying by. Expect killing, torturing, double agents, & beautiful girls mixed with real life events. As in the style of many of his works there is a prologue and epilogue that tidys up events in only the way Higgins can. An excellent read and another book to add to my collection of favourites :)