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    The Testament of Caspar Schultz

    Written by Jack Higgins

    Narrated by Greg Wagland

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    Somewhere in Germany was hidden a manuscript that would rock Western Europe to its foundations: the testament of Caspar Schulz.

    Once a prominent Nazi, and long believed to be dead, Schultz could soon be hailed as the author of the most shattering confessions ever to make print.

    Paul Chavasse, British Intelligence's toughest trouble-shooter, was hired to track the former Nazi down and secure the manuscript. But he soon discovered that he wasn't the only one who wanted to get his hands on the book. And some of his rivals would go to any lengths – including murder – to get it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 20, 2019
    ISBN9780008358846
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    The Testament of Caspar Schultz
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    Jack Higgins

    Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve. Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, and was later a teacher and university lecturer. His thirty-sixth novel, The Eagle Has Landed (1975), turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many have been made into successful films. He died in 2022, at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family.

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    • 3/5
      This is a book I wanted to like. A thriller set in the cold war sounded cool to me, but unfortunately the execution just fell flat. The characters were one-dimensional, and much of the plot and activity of the book just didn't make sense. I understand it was written many years ago and shows its age. I just wish the book would have had more zing.
    • 4/5
      This is the first time we encounter super spy Paul Chavasse. For fans of Higgins later novels starring Sean Dillon this seems to be where the character begins.Caspar Shultz is one of the most prominent Nazis yet to be brought to justice, he was in the bunker in the final days with Bormann & Hitler.It has come to light that he has written his memoirs and intends to publish them. This will cause embarrassment to British sympathisers at the time and also provide evidence against a number of Nazis that have kept the crimes they committed under the radar. The British get Paul Chavasse on the case, a man who only wants to get the job done and doesn't mind killing a few people in the process. He is joined by a Jewish group who have made it their ambition to bring Nazis to justice for war crimes. Ultimately he falls in love with Anna, one of their agents.Pitched against the deadly Inspector Steiner & Doctor Kruger, who will reach manuscript first, or for that matter, even remain alive.Originally written under the pen name Martin Fallon, this is an early Higgins offering, certainly not up there with The Eagle has Landed, but worth a look.
    • 3/5
      In 1962, when this book was first published, the UK was embroiled in the Cold War and there was a widespread desire to continue the reconciliation with West Germany. The prominent capture of Adolph Eichmann and other Nazi war criminals in recent years and recurring rumours of the survival of Martin Bormann, who was Adolph Hitler's private secretary and chief assistant, inspired Harry Patterson to write this story of a British agent trying to recover Bormann’s memoirs from the old Nazi’s valet. His hero, Paul Chavasse, is opposed by Nazi sympathisers who had survived the post-war investigations and were now in official capacities in Germany. John Long, who had published Patterson’s first five books, was unwilling to publish something that might raise doubts about Britain’s allies in the Cold War. The Bormann Testament might be a sensational title but Long did not want to cause that sort of sensation. Patterson took the book to other publishers and it was accepted by Abelard-Schuman of New York and London on condition that the title be changed and all references to Bormann be excised. The Harry Patterson name was not a strong brand that would itself generate sales and it seemed wise to adopt a pseudonym for this venture with a new publisher when Long was willing to continue to publish less contentious works. Patterson adopted the pseudonym Martin Fallon; the name of a character from his second novel Cry of the Hunter. The name Jack Higgins would not appear until 1968 when East of Desolation was published by Hodder & Stoughton while other novels were being released by John Long and Abelard-Schuman.This is that first version published under the name Martin Fallon but reprinted in 1979 by Coronet, the paperback imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, as a reissue of part of Patterson’s back catalogue under his new pseudonym. It would not be until 2006 that Patterson was able to republish the book as he originally intended it plus a little new material. Both versions are effective. They are taut spy thrillers that read fast. I read this in a single short session.It is clear that Paul Chavasse, is inspired in part by the success of James Bond. There are differences: he is more intellectual, less cultured, and more violent that Fleming’s hero. It is a feature of Patterson’s heroes that they have a core of decency and humanity despite their professional ferocity. Here Chavasse dreams of retiring with the woman that he loves but his rule is that the job comes before everything. Over the next five novels in the Chavasse series we come to know more of him but this establishes him as the hard-boiled man of honour that is the basis of so many formulaic thrillers. And this is written to a formula but it is one that works to yield an entertaining but essentially unmemorable diversion.