Instead, he contacted MI5, the British Secret Service.įor the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service who at one time volunteered to assassinate Hitler for his countrymen. In 1941, after training as a German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to blow up an airplane factory. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty inside the villain was a hero. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Please call your local branch to reserve this title for your club.Įddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer.
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