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SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD

''Engrossing as any thriller'' Daily Telegraph
''Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining'' John le Carré
''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
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One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort.

His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5''s Agent Zigzag. Dashing and suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a villain and a man of conscience. 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 exhilarat

Agent Zigzag

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 8/15/2024
      ISBN-13 9781526682642
      978-1526682642
      ISBN-10 1526682648
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      Non Fiction Biography True war and combat stories

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD

      ''Engrossing as any thriller''       Daily Telegraph
      ''Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining'' John le Carré
      ''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. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort.

      His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5''s Agent Zigzag. Dashing and suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a villain and a man of conscience. 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 exhilarat

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