Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer.
It\'s a gripping tale of loyalty, love, treachery, espionage, and the thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal..
Based on recently declassified files, Agent Zigzag tells Chapman\'s full Story for the first time.
The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began.
Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero.
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.
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.
He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. [a] compellingly cinematic spy thriller with verve.-- Entertainment Weekly ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Entertainment Weekly ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. . .
Ben 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) Wildly improbable but entirely True .
Agent Zigzag offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal.
He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced.
Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer
