Summary of Ben Macintyre's Agent Zigzag

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Eddie Chapman was a criminal, but he was also a dedicated professional criminal. He was a prince of the underworld, in his own estimation. He was married, and another woman was pregnant with his child.

#2 Chapman had a difficult childhood, with little money and not much love. He soon developed a talent for misbehaviour, and a distaste of authority. He joined the army, but was arrested for going absent without leave and sent to prison.

#3 Soho in the 1930s was a den of notorious vice, and spectacular fun. It was a crossroads of London society where the rich and feckless met the criminal and reckless. Chapman found work as a barman, then as a film extra, earning £3 for three days doing crowd work.

#4 The Jelly Gang was formed in the early 1930s, and they began targeting high-class furriers and pawnbrokers. They stole £15,000 from the safes they broke into. Chapman began spending money as fast as he could steal it, and he became friendly with many famous people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669358152

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Insights on Ben Macintyre's Agent Zigzag

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 28

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Eddie Chapman was a criminal, but he was also a dedicated professional criminal. He was a prince of the underworld, in his own estimation. He was married, and another woman was pregnant with his child.

#2

Chapman had a difficult childhood, with little money and not much love. He soon developed a talent for misbehaviour, and a distaste of authority. He joined the army, but was arrested for going absent without leave and sent to prison.

#3

Soho in the 1930s was a den of notorious vice, and spectacular fun. It was a crossroads of London society where the rich and feckless met the criminal and reckless. Chapman found work as a barman, then as a film extra, earning £3 for three days doing crowd work.

#4

The Jelly Gang was formed in the early 1930s, and they began targeting high-class furriers and pawnbrokers. They stole £15,000 from the safes they broke into. Chapman began spending money as fast as he could steal it, and he became friendly with many famous people.

#5

Chapman, the leader of the Jelly Gang, was arrested in 1938. He had pasted press clippings about his crimes into a scrapbook. He had become bored with the gang’s activities and had begun reading widely. He was planning to become a writer.

#6

In February 1939, the gang attempted to rob a Co-op store in Bournemouth. When Case Number Seventeen came before the Edinburgh High Court, it was found that Chapman and his accomplices had absconded. A general bulletin was issued, and every police force in Britain was told to be on the lookout for Eddie Chapman.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

A letter sent to a girl in Bournemouth led to the arrest of two members of a gang wanted for the blowing of a safe at a cooperative store and the theft of £470. The third