Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: The Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II
Ben Macintyre
ISBN 10: 1408811499 ISBN 13: 9781408811498
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London, 2010
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One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5's Agent Zigzag. Dashing and louche, courageous and unpredictable, the traitor was a patriot inside, and the villain a hero. The problem for Chapman, his many lovers and his spymasters was knowing who he was. Ben Macintyre weaves together diaries, letters, photographs, memories and top-secret MI5 files to create the exhilarating account of Britain's most sensational double agent. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR002076469
Synopsis:
One december night in 1942, a nazi parachutist landed in a cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the british war effort. His name was eddie chapman, but he would shortly become mi5's agent zigzag. Dashing and louche, courageous and unpredictable, the traitor was a patriot inside, and the villain a hero. The problem for chapman, his many lovers and his spymasters was knowing who he was. Ben macintyre weaves together diaries, letters, photographs, memories and top-secret mi5 files to create the exhilarating account of britain's most sensational double agent.
About the Author:
BEN MACINTYRE is a writer-at-large for The Times of London and the bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Operation Mincemeat, Agent Zigzag, The Napoleon of Crime, and Forgotten Fatherland, among other books. Macintyre has also written and presented BBC documentaries of the wartime espionage trilogy.
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Title: Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of ...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good