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The October Plot
"A very fine story, shrewdly researched and splendidly written." Sunday Times July 20 1944, and a 'foolproof' plot to assassinate Hitler has failed. On the same day Major-General Gerhardt disappears from Germany. Two months later Gerhardt reappears in England with a plot to kill Bormann, Hitler's deputy - an assassination that would collapse the German Home Front, bring the German Underground into the open and give the Allies an easier passage into the country. On October 14 1944 Commando Force 272 left for Germany - the October Plot was underway...
480 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1993
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About the author
Clive Egleton
59 books7 followersClive (Frederick William) Egleton was a British author of spy novels.
He enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1945 to train as a tank driver while still underage. He was subsequently commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment for whom he served in India, Hong Kong, Germany, Egypt, Cyprus, The Persian Gulf and East Africa. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
His novel Seven Days to a Killing was filmed as The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine. Escape to Athena is a novelization of the 1979 movie of the same name.
He enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1945 to train as a tank driver while still underage. He was subsequently commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment for whom he served in India, Hong Kong, Germany, Egypt, Cyprus, The Persian Gulf and East Africa. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
His novel Seven Days to a Killing was filmed as The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine. Escape to Athena is a novelization of the 1979 movie of the same name.
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