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. Short farcical nonsense written by Steve Eaton Evans based very loosely on the life of Eddie Chapman otherwise known as Agent ZigZag. Dashing and suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a villain and a man of conscience. Agent Zigzag, Ben MacIntyre Bloomsbury Publishing 24K subscribers Subscribe Save 14K views 14 years ago Ben MacIntyre discusses Agent Zigzag, the true. Eddie Chapman was Agent Zigzag in WWII, a dedicated British criminal (safe-cracking, break-ins, etc.) who became a double agent. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5’s Agent Zigzag. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining’ John le CarrÃ© ‘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.

1 2020 by Ben Macintyre (Author) 5,914 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 58.15 Other new, used and collectible from 16. From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, now a major film SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD ‘Engrossing as any thriller’ Daily Telegraph ‘Superb. Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Paperback Sept.

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