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Double Cross

The True Story of The D-Day Spies

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Yazan: Ben Macintyre
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Bloomsbury presents Double Cross written and read by Ben Macintyre.

'Addictive and deeply moving' Independent
'Utterly gripping' Anthony Beevor, Daily Telegraph
'Enthralling . . . A reminder that heroism can be found in the most unlikely places' Evening Standard
'I have seldom enjoyed a spy story more than this one' Max Hastings, Sunday Times
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D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit . . .

At the heart of the deception was the 'Double Cross System', a team of double agents whose bravery, treachery, greed and inspiration succeeded in convincing the Nazis that Calais and Norway, not Normandy, were the targets of the 150,000-strong Allied invasion force. Under the direction of an eccentric but brilliant intelligence officer in tartan trousers, working from a smoky lair in St James's, these spies would weave a web of deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitler's army and helped to carry thousands of troops across the Channel in safety.

These double agents were, variously, brave, treacherous, fickle, greedy and inspired. They were not conventional warriors, but their masterpiece of deceit saved countless lives. Their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo. And this is their story.©2012 Ben Macintyre (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 20th Century Historical Military Military & War Modern World War II Casusluk Düşündürücü Emperyalizm Savaş Hava Kuvvetleri
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Macintyre pulls together countless strands better than anybody hitherto, with an enthusiasm that prompts the reader to leap from page to page ... I have seldom enjoyed a spy story more than this one, and fiction will make dreary reading hereafter
Ben Macintyre has excelled himself ... an utterly gripping story. One can finish the book with the strangely proud sensation that in the Second World War perfidious Albion played the Great Game remarkably well
If you thought Antony Beevor's D-Day couldn't be bettered: [here is] the amazing story of the madcap spy network that bamboozled the Germans in the build-up to invasion
Enjoyable and engrossing ... For all its splendidly weird ploys and feints, Macintyre's book culminates in a stirring account of old-fashioned courage
Immensely satisfying ... Times columnist Macintyre has done his homework thoroughly and sketches out the characters of the double agents and their spymasters with sympathy and not a little humour ... in its own way it is as true a portrait of the war as Beevor's epic
Enthralling ... Macintyre is a master at leading the reader down some very tortuous paths while ensuring they never lose their bearings ... a book so gripping that I even found myself reading it in lifts
Exquisite entertainment
***** Crammed with anecdotes that will leave you laughing in disbelief ... an astonishing story of Britain's fake Nazi spies
Highly entertaining ... Macintyre is a first-class narrative historian and Double Cross is as pacy as a thriller and better written than most
***** Fascinating
A meticulous, thrilling account of the double bluff that paved the way for D-Day ... unfettered in the pages of history that read like the best adventure fiction, he becomes positively exuberant ... utterly gripping
**** Grippingly enjoyable
**** No one does cloak-and-gun history better; Macintyre mixes a professor's research with a journalist's eye for a good story and a forensic scientist's ability to spot the absurdities of war
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Whatever the story, if you don’t like the narrator it’s hard to continue …. Very handy then that Ben Macintyre is excellent at writing these brilliant books and reading them to us!

A superb story, incredibly well researched with unbelievable access to official documents. Such an important operation and the link to D-Day makes it so interesting.

Listen to this and every other book by Ben Macintyre and you’ll be immersed in such rich and factual story telling. A real treat.

Fantastic story, great story telling

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As always, Ben McIntyre has written and researched an incredible piece of history. His storytelling is excellent. And his reading is peerless

Incredible storytelling

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Brilliant. Amazingly unbelievable story of real events. It's not often I laugh about dead bodies but this book managed it. Difficult to put down.

Only a public school boy could invent this.

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Another brilliant book from Ben Mcintyre. I've read most of his books and this one is up there with the best of them. A compelling story which gives detailed but easy to follow accounts of all of the main protagonists in the D-Day deception plan. Well narrated and thoroughly addictive to listen to.

Fantastic as always!

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The book was to the point, factual and without embellishment. The British and the allies owe much to these great people. True bravery.

Fascinating reading

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