Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman, the Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II...

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Ben Macintyre

Agent Zigzag

The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman, the Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II

Ben Macintyre

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
28 September 2016

True war & combat stories; History; Second World War; Espionage & secret services

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.

By: Ben Macintyre
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781408885406
ISBN 10: 1408885409
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 28 September 2016
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He now lives in London with his wife and three children. Agent Zigzag is his fifth book.

Reviews for Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman, the Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II

'This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating and hair-raising true life adventures ... it would be impossible to recommend it too highly' * Mail on Sunday * 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining and often very moving' * John le Carre * 'It is unlikely that a more engaging study of espionage and deception will be published this year' * The Times * 'Macintyre tells Chapman's tale in a perfect pitch ... Macintyre never misses a delightful, haunting or terrifying detail ... Buy it for dads everywhere but read it too' * Observer *