Zigzag
The incredible wartime exploits of double agent Eddie Chapman
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2007
Summary
Eddie Chapman was a womaniser, blackmailer and safecracker. He was also a great hero - the most remarkable double agent of the Second World War. Chapman became the only British national ever to be awarded an Iron Cross for his work for the Reich. He was also the only German spy ever to be parachuted into Britain twice. But it was all an illusion: Eddie fooled the Germans in the same way he conned his victims in civilian life. He was working for the British all along. Until now, the full story…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780749951542 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0749951540 |
| Author: | Nicholas Booth |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2007 |
| Weight: | 326g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
Nicholas Booth’s engossing account of Eddie Chapman’s exploits is a gripping page turner… an excellent portrait of this slippery real-life agent and conman. * David Stafford, author of Churchill AND Secret Service *
Nicholas Booth’s compelling and well-researched biography. * Richard Basseett, London Evening Standard *
About The Author
Nicholas Booth
Nicholas Booth is a writer and broadcaster. For ten years, he worked as a journalist, starting his career with the Observer, and ending up as technology editor on The Times. He lives in Cheshire.
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