Winner Independent Publisher Book Awards SPIES OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN is the true story of legendary British safecracker and spy Eddie Chapman, theBritish Double Cross Spy System, and Norwegian female Resistance operatives Dagmar Lahlum and Annemarie Breien. Known as Agent Zigzag, the most remarkable double agent of WWII, the fearless and roguishly handsome Chapman fell in love with and spied … roguishly handsome Chapman fell in love with and spied alongside the stunning 20-year-old model Dagmar Lahlumin Occupied Norway. Based upon recently released historical records from British and Norwegian archives, this WWII adventure and romance tale illuminates for the first time the intimate relationship between the two spy-lovers as well as the wartime exploits of Lahlum, Breien, and the Norwegian Resistance to liberate Norway and combat theGestapo’s bloodhound investigator, Siegfried Fehmer. The contributions of Dagmar Lahlum and Annemarie Breiento the Allied war effort are many and incontrovertible–and yet history has never properly recognized these courageous Resistance women for their achievements. Until now. This book is their story and the story of the colorful Eddie Chapmanin their efforts to defeat the Nazis.
Fans of Beneath A Scarlet Sky, author Ben Macintyre, and the WWII novels of Ken Follett (The Key to Rebecca, Jackdaws, Eye of the Needle) will enjoy this true story of WWII espionage, romance, and suspense in war-torn London and Occupied Norway.
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This is the true story of spies during World War 2. Agent Zigzag was a British double agent stationed in Norway. He had a girlfriend that was part of the Milorg in Norway who passed him information and accompanied him on missions. It also was about another female spy who posed as a Nazi officer’s girlfriend and passed information to the Milorg. Both woman were labelled collaborators after the war ended and they spent time in prison.
Very interesting to to much detail.
Interesting story, but very stilted, unrealistic dialog among the characters, and redundant scenes and language.