Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal - Ben Macintyre

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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. Agent Zigzag offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. nBen Macintyre's rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.--William Grimes, The New York Times (Editors' Choice) n nWildly improbable but entirely true . . . [a] compellingly cinematic spy thriller with verve.--Entertainment Weekly nONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Entertainment Weekly nONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post n nEddie 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 declassif

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