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Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy by: Ben Macintyre List Price: £7.99 City Travel Guides Price: £4.74 You Save: £3.25 (41%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780747592839 ISBN: 0747592837 Label: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: June 04, 2007 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Studio: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sales Rank: 4247 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - The inspiration for Fleming's Bond?If you like adventure then you can't go far wrong with this book. During World War II, petty East End criminal Eddie Chapman finds himself banged up in occupied Jersey's prison. He is given a lifeline that he cannot refuse - come and work for German secret intelligence as a spy or face the consequences. Eddie opts for the former and is thrown into the grandiose world of a German spymaster. Now he is faced with the moral dilemma of double-crossing his country or the gamble of double crossing his new found boss. You'll have to read the book to find out which choice he makes ... I thoroughly recommend this book! Rating:  - Well written but lacks of characters' in-depth analysisThe book is well written. The author limits himself to analyzing events based on first-hand evidence: on the one hand this allows to draw a very faithful picture of agent Zig Zag's wartime adventures. On the other hand however, this method discourage the author from trying to investigate in-depth motivations and convictions of agent Zig Zag. Rating:  - FritzAgent Zigzag, a Review by the Cote d'Azur Men's Book Club When one of the most wanted men in Britain escaped police by jumping through a Jersey hotel window he leaped into a new career, an Englishman whose deeds were to be heard and applauded by both The Fuehrer and Winston ... Read More: Rating: - The real dealI recently read Europe at War which points out that quite frankly what won the war was the meat grinder of the Eastern Front. So no amount of cloak and dagger stuff carried out by Britain really made a big difference in the greater scheme of things. While this is true, this cannot hide the fact that Eddie Chapman's story is simply fascinating and one you are guaranteed to get swept up in. This is the true story of a small time British crook who was recruited by the German war machine to go to Britain and spy. Only for him to become a double agent and in turn spy on the Germans after his return from a "successful mission". It is written like a comedy thriller and you do have to keep reminding yourself that this all actually ... Read More: Rating: - Puts James Bond Shame All that needs to be said about this book is that if you like a good story, read it. The best bit of it all is it is all true. This amazing story would be dismissed as too far fetched if it were fiction, the truth is stranger than fiction they say and this certainly is. |
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