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Book Review: ‘The Eagle Has Landed’ (1975)

Jul 24, 2025

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Alternative History (Alt History), Book Reviews, Books, Jack Higgins, Military Fiction, The Eagle Has Landed, World War II (1939-1945)

The Eagle Has Landed Author: Jack Higgins Publisher: Collins (UK); Bantam Books (U.S.) Year of Publication: 1975 Genre: Historical Thriller / World War II Fiction November 1943. Europe is ablaze. With the Eastern Front collapsing and Allied forces carving their way through Italy, Nazi Germany is desperate for a symbolic triumph. Hitler, ever obsessed with…
Tempus Fugit: Recalling the Early Summer of 1975

Jun 8, 2025

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Blogging, Coral Estates Park (Miami-area Neighborhood), Family History, Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in South Florida, Life in the United States, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Summer in Florida, Tempus fugit

Afternoon, Sunday, June 8, 2025, Miami, Florida I was 12 in the summer of 1975. I can’t say I had a terrible childhood; I lived in a nice house in Westchester (an unincorporated neighborhood in the Greater Miami metro area) with my widowed mother; a house, needless to say, that had a more placid, stable…