Code 7700

This month's book review. Ben Macintyre’s “Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal,” is a gripping work of nonfiction that reads more like a spy thriller than a history book. It tells the story of Eddie Chapman, an unlikely World War II double agent whose life was as chaotic as it was extraordinary. Eddie Chapman (public domain photo) Chapman was a career criminal before the war, specializing in safecracking and con artistry. In 1939, he was jailed by the British on...