Spy Runner: Ronnie Reed and Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and the Cambridge Spies

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Nicholas Reed

Spy Runner

Ronnie Reed and Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and the Cambridge Spies

Nicholas Reed

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HISTORY PRESS
01 November 2020

Biography: historical, political & military; Memoirs; History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; The Cold War; Espionage & secret services

Major Ronnie Reed was case officer for the infamous Agent Zigzag and the face behind Operation Mincemeat. But how did this young BBC radio operator, with no money and qualifications to speak of, reach such an important position in his twenties? Why did Agent Zigzag (Eddie Chapman) give Ronnie his Iron Cross, awarded to Zigzag by Hitler himself? And how, within ten years following the Second World War, did Ronnie find himself heading the anti-Russian department of MI5, dealing with notorious spies such as Philby, Burgess and Maclean? In an interview filmed in 1994, shortly before Ronnie's death, he revealed his remarkable story to his son, Nicholas.

Here, Nicolas Reed reproduces that interview and fills in the background of THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS.

AUTHOR: Nicholas Reed has been an accredited lecturer since 1992 and is the author of five books on French Impressionists in England. He is the son of legendary MI5 officer Ronnie Reed.

20 illustrations

By: Nicholas Reed
Imprint: HISTORY PRESS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780750992640
ISBN 10: 0750992646
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Nicholas Reed has been an accredited lecturer since 1992 and is the author of five books on French Impressionists in England. He is the son of legendary MI5 officer Ronnie Reed.