Agent Zigzag The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy
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"Wildly improbable but entirely true . . . [a] compellingly cinematic spy thriller with verve."--Entertainment Weekly ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Entertainment Weekly
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. In 1941, after training as German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to blow up an airplane factory. Instead, he contacted M15, the British Secret service, and for the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. Based on recently declassified files, Agent Zigzag tells Chapman's full story for the first time. It's a gripping tale of loyalty, love, treachery, espionage, and the thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal.
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Rated 5 starsGreat adventure!
Excellent recount of WW2 underground spy networks and an unexpected hero. Written very well and hard to put down!
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Rated 5 starsA must read for every WW II spy buff!
I have an acquaintance who kept nudging me to get this book, so I finally did. WOW! An enthralling read from cover to cover. We are fortunate to have this brilliantly written chronicle of Eddie Chapman's outrageous WW II wartime activities. We get to know all the characters and follow as their lives intertwine in this thrilling, almost unbelievable tale of romance, bravado, larceny, more romance, deceit, courage, tactics,...
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Rated 5 starsTotal satisfaction
What a pleasure to sit down with 'Agent Zigzag'. It makes you never want to pick up another spy novel in your life, so extraordinary and particular are the experiences of Zigzag, aka, Eddie Chapman. It's the little things that convince. Without giving anything away, who knew that the British Intelligence services wasted time looking for 'Bobby the Pig' when Bobby the pig was simply Chapman's pet pig mentioned when he was...
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Rated 5 starsRead the book before the movie comes out. . . .
World War II spy story of double agent Eddie Chapman reads better than the best of John Le Carre's novels (see my reviews here) The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Honourable Schoolboy Smiley's People Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy all the more amazing because it is true. In fact, many of the characters and methods of the British spy agency MI5 described by Le Carre are instantly recognizable in their real-life counterparts...
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Rated 5 starsFascinating and true spy story that reads like a thriller
This highly entertaining and utterly gripping book is the true story of Eddie Chapman, a British petty criminal who ended up serving as an spy for both England and Germany during World War 2, and who was hailed as a hero by both sides. "Agent Zigzag" is the name that he was given by the British authorities who were aware of his status as a double agent and used him to feed misinformation to the Germans. Chapman's story...
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