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Agent Zig Zag, non fiction

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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 Ger...