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The story on these pages would have been incredibly exciting had it been fiction. But it is more than that – it is fact. It’s a story that only Ken Follet, today’s master of action and suspense, could do justice to.
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On Wings of Eagles is the account of an incredible rescue by a Green Beret colonel and a group of corporate executives hastily trained into a fighting team. When Ross Perot, millionaire head of the Dallas-based company EDS, discovered that two of his key men in Iran had been jailed, he turned to the one man in America who could help. Colonel ‘Bull’ Simons, famed World War II and Vietnam commando, agreed to do what the US government could not – go in and get the men out. This is the stuff of Follet’s fiction – a secret penetration into a dangerous territory; a dramatic jailbreak; a harrowing overland escape to the Turkish border – and all the more extraordinary because it is fact.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read many of Ken Follet's books and count him as one of my favourite authors. On Wings of Eagles is a real story about a rescue mission of 2 American businessmen who have been looked up in an Iranian jail. The story is quite dramatized, but I still think it works and captures the reader as this has been written as a novel. Overall I would categories this book as a very good book, as it is fun to read, it captures you that it is hard to stop and in addition you learn about the political situation during this time.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I believe that most readers choose a book from the publisher's advertisements, [eye catching, illustrated dust jackets / the publishers review(s) on the jacket flaps]. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, I HAVE SUUPLIED A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BOOK, AND HERE IS WHAT THE JACKET FLAPS STATE:
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Among thousands of people imperilled by the Iranian Revolution of 1979, two men in special danger were senior executives of the Electronic Data Systems Corporation of Texas, under contract to the Shah's government to build a nationwide social security network from scratch. They were arrested on trumped up charges of bribery and corruption, thrown into jail, and left to wonder what the arbitrary sentence of the Revolution would be.
But what the American's insiduious and seemingly omnipresent persecutor Dadgar did not reckon with was the force of character of Ross Perot, the Texan head of EDS, and the loyalty of the men who surrounded him. By tenacity, resolution and the ability to inspire others, Perot had built EDS into a multi-billion dollar corporation and himself into one of the most successful men in the story of American capitalism. These resources, human and financial, he put behind a project to get his men out of Iran - legally if possible, illegally if not.
'On Wings of Eagles' is the story how that challenge drew out of a group of quite ordinary men - Perot's employees - quite extraordinary qualities; of how they attempted to counter the terrifying uncertainties of the Islamic holy war against Westerners with little more than determination and the leadership of a legendary US Army Colonel. It is the remarkable account how friendships and professional loyalty made them put their own lives at risk so that EDS employees would not suffer as the more famous - and unrescued - hostages in the American Embassy would later suffer.
Ken Follett displays once again the brilliance and power of storytelling that he brought to his fictional novels 'Eye of the Needle', 'Triple', 'The Key to Rebecca', 'The Man from St Petersburg'. The difference is that this time his extraordinary story is true.
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Among thousands of people imperilled by the Iranian Revolution of 1979, two men in special danger were senior executives of the Electronic Data Systems Corporation of Texas, under contract to the Shah's government to build a nationwide social security network from scratch. They were arrested on trumped up charges of bribery and corruption, thrown into jail, and left to wonder what the arbitrary sentence of the Revolution would be.
But what the American's insiduious and seemingly omnipresent persecutor Dadgar did not reckon with was the force of character of Ross Perot, the Texan head of EDS, and the loyalty of the men who surrounded him. By tenacity, resolution and the ability to inspire others, Perot had built EDS into a multi-billion dollar corporation and himself into one of the most successful men in the story of American capitalism. These resources, human and financial, he put behind a project to get his men out of Iran - legally if possible, illegally if not.
'On Wings of Eagles' is the story how that challenge drew out of a group of quite ordinary men - Perot's employees - quite extraordinary qualities; of how they attempted to counter the terrifying uncertainties of the Islamic holy war against Westerners with little more than determination and the leadership of a legendary US Army Colonel. It is the remarkable account how friendships and professional loyalty made them put their own lives at risk so that EDS employees would not suffer as the more famous - and unrescued - hostages in the American Embassy would later suffer.
Ken Follett displays once again the brilliance and power of storytelling that he brought to his fictional novels 'Eye of the Needle', 'Triple', 'The Key to Rebecca', 'The Man from St Petersburg'. The difference is that this time his extraordinary story is true.
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Although I enjoyed the true tale, nevertheless I did feel that Ken Follett made a rather a long winded and drawn out version of the tale.
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Caveat Emptor
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed most of Ken Follett's books, I found On Wings of Eagles to be a great disappointment. Read more
Published 4 months ago by paddypilot
Christmas present
Bought as a Christmas present for son-in-law so I will not be reading it myself. However is was on his wish list and is highly delighted with it.
Published 5 months ago by Holly
A very good read
"Flight of Eagles"
I have not read the book purchased from Amazon as I ordered it with the intention of sending it overseas to my son. Read more
I have not read the book purchased from Amazon as I ordered it with the intention of sending it overseas to my son. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2009 by Our Peg
Yes, it's not a novel!
This factual reconstruction of actual events is as highly competent as any other similar work by journalists or historians, better than many in fact. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2009 by John Richard
Disappointed
Ken Follet books are usually a good read, this proved the exception. I was left with the feeling that this novel was a PR puff for EDS and Ross Perot. Stick to novels Ken.
Published on 26 Aug 2008 by Ronald Turnbull
On Wings of Eagles
A very good read. The first half of the book was perhaps a little drawn out but the second half was a fast action packed adventure. Read more
Published on 1 April 2008 by Happy Harry
Note: This is a non-fiction book !
I find Folletts novels very entertaining, but this is NOT a novel, but a kind of 'dramatized' account of a real-life rescue of two American citizens from a jail in Teheran. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2001
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