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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''.<ref name="WorthAmazon">{{Citation |title = Amazon.com: The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief (Hardcover) |year = 1997 |publisher = [[Amazon.com]] |url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374218994/ |accessdate = 2010-01-15}}</ref> He also wrote ''The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan'',<ref name="KingAmazon">{{Citation |title = Amazon.com: The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan (Hardcover) |year = 1997 |publisher = [[Amazon.com]] |url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374201781/ |accessdate = 2010-01-15}}</ref> and a book on the real-life [[double agent]] of Germany and England during the [[World War II|Second World War]], [[Eddie Chapman]], titled ''Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy''.<ref name="ZigzagAmazon">{{Citation |title = Amazon.com: Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy (Hardcover) |year = 2007 |publisher = [[Amazon.com]] |url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0747587949/ |accessdate = 2010-01-15}}</ref> |
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''.<ref name="WorthAmazon">{{Citation |title = Amazon.com: The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief (Hardcover) |year = 1997 |publisher = [[Amazon.com]] |url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374218994/ |accessdate = 2010-01-15}}</ref> He also wrote ''The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan'',<ref name="KingAmazon">{{Citation |title = Amazon.com: The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan (Hardcover) |year = 1997 |publisher = [[Amazon.com]] |url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374201781/ |accessdate = 2010-01-15}}</ref> and a book on the real-life [[double agent]] of Germany and England during the [[World War II|Second World War]], [[Eddie Chapman]], titled ''Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy''.<ref name="ZigzagAmazon">{{Citation |title = Amazon.com: Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy (Hardcover) |year = 2007 |publisher = [[Amazon.com]] |url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0747587949/ |accessdate = 2010-01-15}}</ref> |
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Two of his books have recently been made into documentaries for the BBC: [http://walkergeorgefilms.co.uk/filmography/documentaries/operation-mincemeat-2010 ''Operation Mincemeat''] (2010) |
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and [http://walkergeorgefilms.co.uk/filmography/documentaries/double-agent/ ''DOUBLE AGENT: The Eddie Chapman Story''] (2011). |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
Revision as of 08:35, 3 November 2011
Ben Macintyre | |
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Born | 1963 |
Occupation | columnist |
Ben Macintyre (born 1963) is a British author, historian, and columnist writing for The Times newspaper. His columns range from current affairs to historical controversies.
Author
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.[1] He also wrote The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan,[2] and a book on the real-life double agent of Germany and England during the Second World War, Eddie Chapman, titled Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy.[3]
Two of his books have recently been made into documentaries for the BBC: Operation Mincemeat (2010) and DOUBLE AGENT: The Eddie Chapman Story (2011).
Bibliography
- Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. ISBN 978-0374157593.[4]
- The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. ISBN 978-0374218997.[1]
- A Foreign Field. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 978-0002571227.[5] this book was published in USA as: * The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War One. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. ISBN 978-0374129859.[6]
- The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. ISBN 978-0374201784.[2]
- Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-0747587941.[3]
- The Last Word: Tales from the Tip of the Mother Tongue. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1408803332.[7]
- Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-0747598688.[8]
References
- ^ a b Amazon.com: The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief (Hardcover), Amazon.com, 1997, retrieved 2010-01-15
- ^ a b Amazon.com: The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan (Hardcover), Amazon.com, 1997, retrieved 2010-01-15
- ^ a b Amazon.com: Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy (Hardcover), Amazon.com, 2007, retrieved 2010-01-15
- ^ Amazon.com: Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche (Hardcover), Amazon.com, 1992, retrieved 2010-01-15
- ^ Amazon.com: A Foreign Field (Hardcover), Amazon.com, 2001, retrieved 2010-01-15
- ^ Amazon.com: The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War One (Hardcover), Amazon.com, 2002, retrieved 2010-01-15
- ^ Bloomsbury Publishing: The Last Word, 2010, retrieved 2010-01-15
- ^ Bloomsbury Publishing: Operation Mincemeat, 2010, retrieved 2010-01-15
External links
- "Ben Macintyre, columnist", is Macintyre's op-ed page at The Times.