![]() ![]() Chapman was a crook first, and it was only his wish to get out of occupied Jersey that led him to first volunteer to spy for the Germans. It’s hard to know how much of Chapman’s espionage was prompted by patriotism and how much by rather baser instincts. The life that Eddie Chapman lived almost defies belief – his life of ease and luxury with his German spymaster juxtaposes sharply with the suspicious treatment he received under the British. Very glad I did, it is both fascinating and hugely readable. Having read a book about Bletchley park a couple of months ago – I pounced upon this world book night copy when I spotted it in a charity shop. Ben Macintyre weaves together diaries, letters, photographs, memories and top-secret MI5 files to create the exhilarating account of Britain’s most sensational double agent. ![]() ![]() The problem for Chapman, his many lovers and his spymasters was knowing who he was. Dashing and louche, courageous and unpredictable, the traitor was a patriot inside, and the villain a hero. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5’s Agent Zigzag. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. ![]()
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