Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double
agents Britain has ever produced. Inside
the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and
his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began.
In 1941, after training as a 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. Instead, he contacted MI5, the British Secret
Service. For the next four years,
Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German
Secret Service who at one time volunteered to assassinate Hitler for his
countrymen. Crisscrossing Europe under
different names, all the while weaving plans, spreading disinformation, and,
miraculously, keeping his stories straight under intense interrogation, he even
managed to gain some profit and seduce beautiful women along the way.
The Nazis feted Chapman as a hero and awarded him the Iron Cross. In Britain, he was pardoned for his crimes,
becoming the only wartime agent to be thus rewarded. Both countries provided for the mother of his
child and his mistress. Sixty years
after the end of the war, and ten years after Chapman’s death, MI5 has now
declassified all of Chapman’s files, releasing more than 1,800 pages of top
secret material and allowing the full story of Agent Zigzag to be told for the
first time.
A gripping story of loyalty, love, and treachery, Agent Zigzag offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of
espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal.
Condition
This Audio CD pack is in very good condition.
The case has slight sticker remains on the front and faint surface marks
and scratches. The inlays have minor surface
marks and slight age browning on the back.
The CDs have minor surface marks and dust but play fine.