Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: The Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II (reissued)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 louche, courageous and unpredictable, the traitor was a patriot inside, and the villain a hero. The problem for Chapman, his many lovers and his spymasters was knowing who he was. Ben Macintyre weaves together diaries, letters, photographs, memories and top-secret MI5 files to create the exhilarating account of Britain's most sensational double agent. |
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Contents
Prologue | 1 |
The Hotel de la Plage | 3 |
Jersey Gaol | 12 |
Island at War | 23 |
Romainville | 31 |
Villa la BretonnieÁre | 41 |
Dr Graumann | 51 |
Codebreakers | 65 |
Stowaway Spy | 190 |
Joli Albert | 198 |
Damp Squib | 212 |
The Ice Front | 224 |
The Girl at the Ritz | 235 |
Sabotage Consultant | 248 |
Lunch at the LuteÂtia | 257 |
The Prodigal Crook | 268 |
The Mosquito | 76 |
Under Unseen Eyes | 86 |
The Drop | 95 |
Marthas Exciting Night | 105 |
Camp 020 | 113 |
35 Crespigny Road | 125 |
What a Way Out | 139 |
Freda and Diane | 149 |
Abracadabra | 163 |
The Greater the Adventure | 175 |
Doodlebugs | 278 |
Going to the Dogs | 288 |
Case Dismissed | 298 |
Aftermath | 309 |
Paperback Postscript | 321 |
Appendix | 329 |
Acknowledgements | 353 |
Picture Credits | 359 |
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| Title | Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: The Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II (reissued) |
| Author | Ben Macintyre |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1408811499, 9781408811498 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Military History / Military / General History / Modern / 20th Century Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage |
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