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World War 2 Thriller Collection: Winter, The Eagle Has Flown, South by Java Head
Jack Higgins
Len Deighton
Alistair MacLean
Presented for the first time, three classic war novels from the generals of the genre, Len Deighton, Jack Higgins & Alistair MacLean.Prepare to be blown away by these explosive thrillers:WINTERThe epic prelude to Deighton’s acclaimed Bernard Samson spy series, in which the complex lives of two brothers unfold during the dramatic rise of Nazi Germany between two world wars.THE EAGLE HAS FLOWNSequel to Higgins’ legendary The Eagle Has Landed. The mission to assassinate Winston Churchill has failed, but two of the ringleaders are still alive and now the Reichsfuhrer is demanding the Eagle’s return – at all costs.SOUTH BY JAVA HEAD1942: Singapore lies shattered, overrun by the conquering Japanese army, as the last boat slips out to sea. On board, a desperate group of people, each with a secret they will kill to protect. Ahead lie murderous dive-bombers, the fierce tropical sun, and the hell-bent Japanese, who will stop at nothing to prevent the boat escaping south by Java Head.
World War Two Thriller Collection
Len Deighton, Jack Higgins and Alistair Maclean
Copyright
These novels are entirely works of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Winter first published in Great Britain by Hutchinson Ltd 1987
The Eagle Has Flown first published in Great Britain by Chapmans Publishers Ltd 1991
South by Java Head first published in Great Britain by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1958
Winter copyright © Pluriform Publishing Company BV 1987
Introduction copyright © Pluriform Publishing Company BV 2010
Cover designer’s note © Arnold Schwartzman 2010
The Eagle Has Flown © Jack Higgins 1991
South by Java Head © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1958
Winter cover design and photography © Arnold Schwartzman 2009
The Eagle Has Flown cover illustration © Nik Keevil 2013; cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2013
South by Java Head cover illustration © headdesign 2008
E-bundle cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2013
Len Deighton, Jack Higgins and Alistair MacLean assert the moral right to be identified as the authors of their works
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Source ISBNs: 9780586068953, 9780007304653, 9780006172482
Ebook Edition © December 2013 ISBN: 9780007563401
Version: 2017-08-24
Table of Contents
Cover (#u61d06f80-a19f-5dd9-8243-481f1a152c40)
Title Page (#ud3ae60ab-fb1d-5b1e-9748-8cb36a2d5bb6)
Copyright (#u5bee9199-d8bc-5da5-8972-04867426d09a)
Winter (#ua46f7085-57c8-5740-9362-6ce6481bc178)
The Eagle Has Flown (#u7b4951f1-fd95-57fa-85b6-4d9655124573)
South by Java Head (#uda774c7f-550b-5b99-ba40-c6616860e00f)
About the Authors (#u25e97511-4904-53e2-8687-b7004588caec)
Also by the Same Authors (#u7c5bdfea-a8bb-58ff-a3e2-8ac2c0939680)
About the Publisher (#udbd4745f-6467-5275-9eaa-ebaa03331d1e)
Cover designer’s note
In attempting to come up with a concept for the cover design for Winter, Len Deighton’s saga of a Berlin family set in the first half of the twentieth century, I sought a striking image that would express the outcome of the Winter family’s story. I recalled a photograph in my wife Isolde’s family album of her father as a child dressed in a sailor suit standing beside his father. This image seemed to fit the time and place precisely. By tearing the photograph apart it implied the outcome of their relationship; and in a metaphorical sense it would also suggest what lay ahead for the city, and indeed the entire country. Sometimes the simplest of images are the most effective.
Arnold Schwartzman OBE RDI
Len Deighton
Winter
The Tragic Story of a Berlin Family 1899–1945
Contents
Cover designer’s note
In attempting to come up with a concept for the…
Title Page (#ubada54b8-c217-558d-8372-fe3d7dcd1c08)
Introduction
This is how it started. It was Friday afternoon –…
Prologue
Winter entered the prison cell unprepared for the change that…
1899
‘A whole new century’
1900
A plot of land on the Obersalzberg
1906
‘The sort of thing they’re told at school’
1908
‘Conqueror of the air – hurrah!’
1910
The end of Valhalla
1914
War with Russia
1916
‘What kind of dopes are they to keep coming that way?’
1917
‘Not so loud, voices carry in the night’
1918
‘The war is won, isn’t it?’
1922
‘Berlin is so far away and I miss you so much’
1924
‘Who are those dreadful men?’
1925
‘You don’t have to be a mathematician’
1927
‘That’s all they ask in return’
1929
‘There is nothing safer than a zeppelin’
1930
A family Christmas
1932
‘Was that more shouting in the street?’
1933
‘We think something is definitely brewing over there’
1934
‘Gesundheit!’
1936
‘Rinse and spit out’
1937
‘You know what these old cops are like’
1938
‘Being innocent is no defence’
1939
‘Moscow?’ said Pauli
1940
The sound stage
1941
