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Agent Zigzag
- The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre, read by Peter Wickham.
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 suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a villain and a man of conscience. 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.
Critic reviews
"This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating and hair-raising true life adventures.... It would be impossible to recommend it too highly." (Mail on Sunday)
"Macintyre never misses a delightful, haunting or terrifying detail.... Buy it for dads everywhere but read it, too." (Observer)
"Never short on thrills." (Independent on Sunday)
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- Stewart O
- 30-11-21
Great srory
Great story about zig zag very enjoyable, A must for anyone who likes ww2 espionage
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- The Cleary's
- 25-08-22
Brilliant
Such a great book. If you read this without knowing it was true you would think it was a great unbelievable fiction.
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- MumofTwo
- 11-04-23
Beyond belief and great account of wartime madness
Enthralling story of unbelievable bravery (stupidity? - take your pick). If it wasn’t true it would be considered so far-fetched as to be ridiculous. Really enjoyed this story of subterfuge that could only happen in wartime. Well worth listening. Brilliantly read.
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- Binky
- 09-09-23
Fascinating and true!
A lot of detailed research went into this book and it must have taken ages and a great deal of patience. On top of that it's a fascinating listen, primarily because it's an amazing story, full of twists and turns, and the events actually happened.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-05-23
Just brilliant what a story
I really hope that this turns into a tbh series like rogue heroes just brilliantly unbelievable!
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- DSLR enthusiast
- 18-01-24
Riveting 😃🏆
Really enjoyed another listen of a Ben MacIntyre book. Great insight and quality narration to boot. Would thoroughly recommend this entertaining audiobook😃
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- Lewis Family
- 12-07-21
super!
very interesting story from start to finish. fact stranger than fiction. Well worth a listen
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- FOsi
- 14-02-22
A fantastic read!
It's hard to believe that a facinating character like Eddie Chapman truly existed.
The book was beautifully written and exceptionally narrated by Peter Wickham. A masterpiece in my opinion. I was hooked from start to finish.
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- RosieG
- 06-01-23
Amazing
Amazing you grow into Chapmen’s character so quick and what he is like and what he might do
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- Elske76
- 15-06-22
entertaining and interesting
This is an entertaining story, which also gave me an insight in the world of spies. on occasion it became a little boring, but overall it was worth my while
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