Agent Zigzag

the true wartime story of Eddie Chapman : Lover, betrayer, hero, spy

372 pages

Langue : English

Publié 13 août 2007 par Bloomsbury.

ISBN :
978-0-7475-8794-1
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4 étoiles (1 critique)

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. 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.In 1941, after training as a 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 MI5, the British Secret Service. For the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service who at one time volunteered to assassinate Hitler for his countrymen. Crisscrossing Europe under different names, all the while weaving plans, spreading disinformation, and, …

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a publié une critique de Agent Zigzag par Ben Macintyre

A book with a slow burn, and a lot of details about espionage during WWII

4 étoiles

Avertissement sur le contenu Well, not really spoilers, since we know going in he's a double agent, but still, I'm telling some of the bits that really hooked me in this book.

Sujets

  • Chapman, Edward Arnold
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
  • Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany