![]() It’s a gripping tale of loyalty, love, treachery, espionage, and the thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. Based on recently declassified files, Agent Zigzag tells Chapman’s full story for the first time. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. ![]() Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty inside the villain was a hero. Instead, he contacted M15, the British Secret service, and for the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service. This book tells the story of Eddie Chapmans extraordinary exploits. Chapman became the only British national ever to be awarded an Iron Cross for his work for the Reich. ![]() He was also a great hero - the most successful double agent of the Second World War. In 1941, after training as 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. 794 ratings83 reviews Eddie Chapman was a womaniser, blackmailer and safecracker. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE WASHINGTON POSTĮddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. ![]()
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