Agent Zig Zag, non fiction
Ben Macintyre Benedict Richard Pierce Macintyre (born 25 December 1963) is a British author, historian, reviewer [1] and columnist for The Times newspaper. His columns range from current affairs to historical controversies. Ben MacIntyre Born Benedict Richard Pierce MacIntyre 25 December 1963 (age 56) Oxford , Oxfordshire, England, UK Occupation Columnist, author Nationality British Macintyre is the author of a book on the gentleman criminal Adam Worth , The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief . He also wrote The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan (about Josiah Harlan ). This was also published as Josiah the Great: The True Story of the Man who Would be King . [3] Harlan is one of the candidates presumed to be the basis for Rudyard Kipling 's short story The Man Who Would Be King . His book on Eddie Chapman , a double agent of Germany and Britain during the Second World War , was titled Agent Zigzag: The True Wa