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 exhilarating account of Britain's most sensational double agent.
Dashing and suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a villain and a man of conscience. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5's Agent Zigzag. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. He now lives in London with his wife and three children. He has worked as the newspapers correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. 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. Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining' John le Carre 'This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating and hair-raising true life adventures. From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, now a major film SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 'Engrossing as any thriller' Daily Telegraph 'Superb.
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