from krazy4katz

An amazing, true story of a con artist turned spy in WWII Britain who does bad, good, bad etc. Hence the name, Agent Zigzag. The writing did not grab me as I thought it should, given the nature of the story and the entertaining personalities, but still worth reading.

from ktleyed

Entertaining and interesting account of the story of Eddie Chapman, a double agent during WWII for the Nazis and the British MI5. I really enjoyed this book. Small time crook from England gets arrested on Isle of Jersey and is in jail there when it is soon occupied by the Nazis during WWII. He na...

from LizHD

I thought this was a great book, a very engrossing story, skillfully told. Eddie Chapman, whose codename was in fact Zigzag (I thought it was made up for the title) was a charming incorrigible who turned into a cunning double agent for the British during World War II. The stories of espionage are...

from jnwelch

It's not often you get to read a lively and entertaining history book, but Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre fits the bill. Eddie Chapman was Agent Zigzag in WWII, a dedicated British criminal (safe-cracking, break-ins, etc.) who became a double agent. He was trained as a German spy, only to immediat...

from cameling

Among the German spies that became double agents for the British Secret Service during WWII was Eddie Chapman, a man with a penchant for criminal activities in his youth and wanted by the British police for most of the war. Known as Fritz by the Germans, his identity as a double agent was never b...