![]() ![]() 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. Dashing and suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a villain and a man of conscience. World War II spy story of double agent Eddie Chapman reads better than the best of John Le Carres novels (see my reviews here) The Spy Who Came In from the. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5's Agent Zigzag. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. 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. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining' John le Carre 'This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating and hair-raising true life adventures. ![]() ![]() From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, now a major film SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 'Engrossing as any thriller' Daily Telegraph 'Superb. ![]()
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