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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
by Macintyre, Ben
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used-Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307353419
- ISBN 13
- 9780307353412
- Seller
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Severna Park, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Broadway Paperbacks, Crown Pub Group, Random House Inc, 2007-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Used-Good. 5.15 x 0.85 x 7.93 inches. pp364; paperback in good condition; Clean pages; Uncreased spine; Light edgewear
Synopsis
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, miraculously, keeping his stories straight under intense interrogation, he even managed to gain some profit and seduce beautiful women along the way.The Nazis feted Chapman as a hero and awarded him the Iron Cross. In Britain, he was pardoned for his crimes, becoming the only wartime agent to be thus rewarded. Both countries provided for the mother of his child and his mistress. Sixty years after the end of the war, and ten years after Chapman's death, MI5 has now declassified all of Chapman's files, releasing more than 1,800 pages of top secret material and allowing the full story of Agent Zigzag to be told for the first time.A gripping story of loyalty, love, and treachery, Agent Zigzag offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Paper Garden Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PGB0001953
- Title
- Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
- Author
- Macintyre, Ben
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used-Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307353419
- ISBN 13
- 9780307353412
- Publisher
- Broadway Paperbacks, Crown Pub Group, Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007-01-01
- Size
- 5.15 x 0.85 x 7.93 inches
- X weight
- 16 oz
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Paper Garden Books is a family owned & managed online used bookstore created in 2017 by Doris & Steve Smith so that their only son, Jacob, could be gainfully and purposely employed. Jacob is severely impacted by autistic behavior, expressive & receptive speech delay, anxiety, sensory processing disorder & immune dysregulation since age 3. While Jacob has gotten older & taller, his love of all kinds of books has never changed. Books allow Jacob to explore his world without leaving the safety of his home.
Paper Garden Books - 'growing a future from the books of your past'.
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