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Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II
Ben Macintyre
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Description for Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II
Paperback. From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag. The thrilling true story of the greatest and most successful wartime deception ever attempted A Richard & Judy Book Club selection Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 332.
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION One April morning in 1943, a sardine fisherman spotted the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and set in train a course of events that would change the course of the Second World War. Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted, and certainly the strangest. It hoodwinked the Nazi espionage chiefs, sent German troops hurtling in the wrong direction, and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different, in one crucial respect, ... Read more
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION One April morning in 1943, a sardine fisherman spotted the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and set in train a course of events that would change the course of the Second World War. Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted, and certainly the strangest. It hoodwinked the Nazi espionage chiefs, sent German troops hurtling in the wrong direction, and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different, in one crucial respect, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408885390
SKU
V9781408885390
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He is the author of seven previous books including Agent Zigzag, the story of wartime double-agent Eddie Chapman, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Galaxy British Book Award for Biography of the ... Read more
Reviews for Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II
'A rollicking read for all those who enjoy a spy story so fanciful that Ian Fleming - himself an officer in Montagu's wartime department - would never have dared to invent it'
Max Hastings, Sunday Times
'Ben Macintyre, also the author of the acclaimed Agent Zigzag, is fast becoming a one-man industry in these updated tales of cunning, ... Read more
Max Hastings, Sunday Times
'Ben Macintyre, also the author of the acclaimed Agent Zigzag, is fast becoming a one-man industry in these updated tales of cunning, ... Read more