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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

Ben Macintyre

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Codebreaking and espionage during World War II.

This book is an engaging portrayal of the secret lives of the D-Day spies, with a focus on their major contribution towards the success of D-Day. The author's vivid account of the spy's secret strategies, betrayals and close encounters with danger make it a thrilling read.

  • Agatha Award Nominee for Best Nonfiction (2012)
  • Edgar Award Nominee for Best Fact Crime (2013)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781408830628
Author: Ben Macintyre
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Date of Publication: 2013-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 3.97
(rated by 12311 readers)

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D-Day, 6 June 1944, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit, aimed at convincing the Nazis that Calais and Norway, not Normandy, were the targets of the 150,000-strong invasion force. The deception involved every branch of Allied wartime intelligence, but at its heart was a team of five double agents, one of the oddest military units ever assembled: a bisexual Peruvian playgirl, a Polish fighter pilot, a Serbian seducer, a Spaniard with a diploma in chicken farming, and a Frenchwoman whose love for her pet dog nearly wrecked the entire operation. These were not conventional warriors, but their masterpiece of deceit saved countless lives, and Double Cross is their story.
 

Codebreaking and espionage during World War II.

This book is an engaging portrayal of the secret lives of the D-Day spies, with a focus on their major contribution towards the success of D-Day. The author's vivid account of the spy's secret strategies, betrayals and close encounters with danger make it a thrilling read.

  • Agatha Award Nominee for Best Nonfiction (2012)
  • Edgar Award Nominee for Best Fact Crime (2013)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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