A man with 2 countries

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	• Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Ben Macintyre Harmony, 2007 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Unputdownable!

Macintyre tells Chapman's WW2 story exceptionally well, keeping it pacey when it would be so easy to litter each page with footnotes and extensive background information.

Morris Dancers, co-incidences in the Berkeley, professional conjurors, excesses by the British and German elite, mistakes and double-crosses, the story of Chapman's Iron Cross, personalities and luck. Just some of the colour that make this story stranger then fiction but an absolutely compelling and entertaining read.

Can't recommend it highly enough.

Agent Zigzag

The book was excellent. It is well written and engaging. The life story is fascinating, and the descriptions of the British anti-spy organizations are eye-opening.

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A roaring good story

Agent Zigzag has no deep meaning beyond the reflection that (as the Book of Proverbs says) the intentions of a man are "like deep water." But it is a roaring good story told by a master of the literary craft. Agent Zigzag takes its place with World War II classics such as Ewen Montagu, The Man Who Never Was (1953) and David Howarth, We Die Alone (1955).

A man with 2 countries

Brilliant and exciting book. Well written--but a few too many editing mistakes. Some areas are alluded to that I wish would have been explored more, id est, Germany sympathies and more teeth to the assertion that he may have spied for the Germans and passed good info. while a double-agent.

I thought the author maintained good objectivity as a British writer. I wish he would have discussed the post-WWII concentration camp conditions of the Nazi prisoners hidden and held at Beltchely(believe it was here) where one of Eddie's Brit handlers took over.

Great book--should become a movie--lots of sharp writing and analysis

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A Riveting New Book

You never would have picked him but Agent Zigzag, a most unusual man, was just the person for the job. Who would have suspected he was a Nazi spy. Embarrassing to both sides but highly effective in his endeavors. I would not call him a hero, but what he accomplished was heroic. I would expect this to be made a movie in the near future. Truth is stranger than fiction for sure. This book fills in some historic holes. A truly excellent tale. Just when you thought you heard it all, the story of Agent Zigzag appears. An excellent book I would highly recommend, especially to any affecionado of WWII.

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