![]() ![]() ![]() British intelligence, however, is already aware of Chapman's status as a spy after intercepting and decrypting German messages using recently cracked Enigma codes. ![]() Due to his erratic behavior and personality, Chapman's British intelligence handlers nicknamed him "Agent Zigzag." According to The New York Times, "Ben Macintyre's rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh." Macintyre begins in late 1942, when twenty-eight-year-old Chapman is already a German spy on his way to Britain where he plans to sabotage the de Havilland Aircraft Factory. British journalist Ben Macintyre’s biography, Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal (2007), chronicles the story of Eddie Chapman, an Englishman who served as a German spy for the Nazis before becoming a double agent for the British Secret Service. ![]()
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