books by Ben Macintyre     books:     Ben Macintyre      For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond Ben Macintyre Bloomsbury USA, 2008 A riveting look into the world of James Bond and his creator, published on the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth. In For Your Eyes Only , Ben Macintyre reveals where the world of Ian Fleming ends and the world of James Bond begins. Macintyre looks at the actual people on whom the writer based his fictional creations—friends, ...             Agent Zigzag Ben Macintyre Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2007             For Your Eyes Only Ben Macintyre Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008             Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche Ben MacIntyre Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1992 A Provocative Woman This is one of the most curious books I have ever read: on the one hand, there is the story of a failed 19th C German colony in Paraguay, founded on eugenic principles that would be echoed in Hitler's time; on the other hand, there is the biography of one of the most ...             The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan Ben Macintyre Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan In Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King, a young adventurer named Daniel Dravot penetrates feudal Afghanistan disguised as a cleric. In this nonfiction account with a similar title, MacIntyre, a columnist for The Times of London, tells the story of the real life ...             The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief Ben Macintyre Delta, 1998 Elementary, Dear Adam This book provides a fascinating portrait of one of the last of the gentleman criminals. In fact, Adam Worth wanted to be known solely as a gentleman rather than as a notorious criminal. The crimes were simply his way of gaining power and prestige in a Victorian world ...             The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I Ben Macintyre Delta, 2003 History at ground level This is a wonderfully written book on several levels. To begin with, and perhaps most importantly, Macintyre is a terrific writer, researcher, and storyteller. This is not a dry history about names and dates, but rather about relationships and the misfortune of ...             Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Ben Macintyre Harmony, 2007 Total satisfaction What a pleasure to sit down with 'Agent Zigzag'. It makes you never want to pick up another spy novel in your life, so extraordinary and particular are the experiences of Zigzag, aka, Eddie Chapman. It's the little things that convince. Without giving anything away, ...             A Foreign Field Ben Macintyre HarperCollins, 2001             Josiah the Great Ben Macintyre HarperPerennial, 2005 Terrific book This well written book is a great addition to any historical research library. It's also fun to read. Unlike some dry historical non-fiction, it's interesting and involves the reader in the life of Josiah Harlan, a 19th century Quaker from Pennsylvania who set off for ...             THE NAPOLEON OF CRIME. Ben. Macintyre Harper Collins, 1997          products you might be interested in search for books afghanistan, elisabeth, englishman, espionage, fatherland, forgotten randomly chosen book: The Little Disturbances of Man (Contemporary American Fiction)