Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre

Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre

Ben Macintyre's rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carr with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.--William Grimes, The New York Times (Editors' Choice)

Wildly improbable but entirely true . . . a] compellingly cinematic spy thriller with verve.--Entertainment Weekly

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEKLY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOK REVIEW AND 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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ISBN 13	9780307353405
ISBN 10	0307353400
Titel	Agent Zigzag
Autor	Ben Macintyre
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2007-09-04
Seitenanzahl	384
Preise	Short-listed for Costa Book Awards (Biography) 2007
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