Description
| Product ID: | 9781408885406 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Agent Zigzag |
| Subtitle: | The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy |
| Authors: | Author: Ben Macintyre |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | True war and combat stories, True war & combat stories, Second World War, Espionage and secret services, Second World War, Espionage & secret services, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'If you're looking for a good spy thriller, I definitely recommend this' Daily ExpressThe thrilling real-life story of a double agent in the Second World War From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, now a major filmSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD''Engrossing as any thriller'' Daily Telegraph''Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining'' John le Carré''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_______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 suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a villain and a man of conscience. But, as his spymasters and many lovers often wondered, who was the real Eddie Chapman?Ben Macintyre weaves together diaries, letters, photographs, memories and top-secret MI5 files to create an exhilarating account of Britain''s most sensational double agent. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-22 |
