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Melanie Fraser
Jan 10, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: owned, espionage
Exciting and daring - written to read like fiction.

The exquisite detail and sheer adacity of this ruse to fool the Germans was spectacular.

This is the best non-fiction book I've yet found. I look forward to reading Agent ZigZag. Bravo Mr Macintyre.
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Doug Maffett
Jan 31, 2020 rated it liked it
I wanted to like this book, but just couldn't finish it. There was so much detail that the story just got lost and never became intriguing. Wish it flowed a little faster. Historically this is amazing, and a great piece o research by the author. Reading was just dogged by the boring back story that moved at a snails pace. ...more
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Matt Wilson
Oct 09, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Philby
Dec 17, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Karl Øen
Jun 29, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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