Follett begins On Wings of Eagles with a serious preface to inform his readers that his story is "not fictionalization nor a nonfiction novel," but that every event in the book is "what really happened." Indeed, drawn from "more than a hundred hours of taped interviews," the book is a well-researched, well-documented account of an actual escape from Iran, loaded with fascinating foreign intrigue; the escape story is "naturally" suspenseful. This is not to say, however, that Follett avoids using his skills as a master storyteller. In fact, he.....
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