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1	Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal more books like this by Ben Macintyre 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. "Agent Zigzag" offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.34! \| first editions
2	Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche more books like this by Ben Macintyre This book is about the founding of a proto-Nazi colony in the Paraguayan jungle that still survives today. It is the remains of a colonial racial experiment carried out by Elizabeth Nietzsche, sister of the famous philosopher, Frederich Nietzsche. Its inhabitants are German Lutherans, blond-haired, blue-eyed; its streets bear names like ... see all copies from £5.10! new only from £32.42! \| first editions
3	The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan more books like this by Ben Macintyre Ben Macintyre's improbable but completely true narrative tells the story of a Pennsylvania man named Josiah Harlan who, in 1822 when his fiancée jilted him, became mad with grief and determined to act out his childhood fantasies of being Alexander the Great. He traveled to Afghanistan to start his own kingdom. What happened to him there--including ... see all copies from £6.21! new only from £7.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	A foreign field : a true story of love and betrayal in the Great War more books like this by Ben Macintyre Four young British soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines at the height of the fighting on the Western front in August 1914; unable to get back to their units, they shelter in the tiny French village of Villeret. Living in daily fear of capture and execution, they are fed, clothed and protected by the villagers including the local ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.30! \| first editions
5	The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War One more books like this by Ben Macintyre This World War I account tells the true story of four British soldiers who were hidden in plain sight in a village in Northern France that was overrun by German troops. The British soldiers were successfully absorbed into the peasant citizenry--until one of them fathered a baby with one of the young women of the village. A New York Times Notable ... see all copies from £4.07! new only from £5.52! \| first editions
6	The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief more books like this by Ben Macintyre Adam Worth was the most famous criminal of the Victorian Age and the model for Conan Doyle's brilliant Professor Moriarty. "The Napoleon of Crime" offers a captivating, colorful, and frequently hilarious portrait of this man whose code of honor turned Victorian society on its head. see all copies from £6.21! new only from £21.39! \| first editions
7	The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I more books like this by Ben Macintyre An unforgettable true story of love, loss, and betrayal in during World War I. When four British soldiers are trapped behind enemy lines, they are sheltered in a tiny French village. When a love affair between a private and a French village girl results in a child, an unspeakable betrayal is committed that would haunt the village for generations. see all copies from £6.42! new only from £11.40! \| first editions
8	The Napoleon of crime : the life and times of Adam Worth, the real Moriarty more books like this by Ben Macintyre In the 1870s, Adam Worth left a life of professional deserting from the US army and entered into a life of full-scale crime. He soon became an orchestrator of thefts and cons throughout 19th-century America and Britain, and ringleader of the largest crime network in the world. He was famed, among other triumphs, for stealing Gainsborough's great ... see all copies from £3.87! new only from £10.65! \| first editions
9	For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming Plus James Bond more books like this by Ben Macintyre Published on the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth, this volume presents a riveting look into the world of James Bond and his creator. Macintyre looks at the actual people on whom the writer based his fictional creations and explores the tradition of spy fiction. see all copies from £12.82! new only from £15.30! \| first editions
10	Josiah the Great: the True Story of the Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre see all copies from £5.35! new only from £8.14! \| first editions
11	Josiah the Great by Ben Macintyre see all copies from £3.96! new only from £3.96! \| first editions
12	Agent Zigzag (Cd): the True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman, Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy by Ben Macintyre Eddie Chapman: rogue, criminal, confidence trickster, hero to both sides and betrayer of all. At the start of the Second World War, Chapman was recruited by the German Secret Service. He was a highly prized Nazi agent. He was also a secret spy for Britain, alias Agent Zigzag. "Agent Zigzag" is the untold story of Britain's most extraordinary ... see all copies from £2.02! new only from £4.46! \| first editions
13 view cover	John Henry Days more books like this by Ben Macintyre, Colson Whitehead The railroad man and folk ballad hero is brought to life in Colson Whitehead's novel, in which a journalist ("J.") from the 1990s is covering the "John Henry Days" festival in West Virginia. The experiences of the two men inform each other, one in the mid-19th century of the Industrial Revolution, one in the late 20th century of the Digital ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £38.42! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Englishmans Daughter more books like this by Ben Macintyre This World War I account tells the true story of four British soldiers who were hidden in plain sight in a village in Northern France that was overrun by German troops. The British soldiers were successfully absorbed into the peasant citizenry--until one of them fathered a baby with one of the young women of the village. A New York Times Notable ... see all copies from £5.66! new only from £30.13! \| first editions
15	El Napoleon de Los Ladrones more books like this by Ben Macintyre Adam Worth fue el mayor delincuente de la historia de la humanidad. Inicio su carrera desertando del ejercito en la guerra de Secesion americana. En 1870 se paso al delito a escala mayor. Fue el protagonista de una larga y exitosa campana de robos a bancos y fraudes de diversa naturaleza. Cuando Nueva York se le quedo pequeno, traslado su imperio ... see all copies from £37.36!
16 view cover	Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy by Ben Macintyre One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5's Agent Zigzag. Dashing and louche, courageous and unpredictable, the traitor was a patriot inside, and the villain a hero. The problem for Chapman, his many ... see all copies from £4.59! first editions
17 view cover	Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman, Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy by Ben Macintyre, Anthony Head (Read by) Eddie Chapman: rogue, criminal, confidence trickster, hero to both sides and betrayer of all. At the start of the Second World War, Chapman was recruited by the German Secret Service. He was a highly prized Nazi agent. He was also a secret spy for Britain, alias Agent Zigzag. Agent Zigzag is the untold story of Britain's most extraordinary wartime ... see all copies from £8.28! new only from £8.28!

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