In his celebrated bestsellers Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat , Ben Macintyre told the dazzling true stories of a remarkable WWII double agent and of how the Allies employed a corpse to fool the Nazis and assure a decisive victory. In Double Cross , Macintyre returns with the untold story of the grand final deception of the war and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it.
On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. D-Day was a stunning military accomplishment, but it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies into double agents, deceived the Nazis into believing that the Allies would attack at Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. It was the most sophisticated and successful deception operation ever carried out, ensuring that Hitler kept an entire army awaiting a fake invasion, saving thousands of lives, and securing an Allied victory at the most critical juncture in the war.
The story of D-Day has been told from the point of view of the soldiers who fought in it, the tacticians who planned it, and the generals who led it. But this epic event in world history has never before been told from the perspectives of the key individuals in the Double Cross System. These include its director (a brilliant, urbane intelligence officer), a colorful assortment of MI5 handlers (as well as their counterparts in Nazi intelligence), and the five spies who formed Double Cross’s nucleus: a dashing Serbian playboy, a Polish fighter-pilot, a bisexual Peruvian party girl, a deeply eccentric Spaniard with a diploma in chicken farming and a volatile Frenchwoman, whose obsessive love for her pet dog very nearly wrecked the entire plan. The D-Day spies were, without question, one of the oddest military units ever assembled, and their success depended on the delicate, dubious relationship between spy and spymaster, both German and British. Their enterprise was saved from catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is revealed here for the first time.
With the same depth of research, eye for the absurd and masterful storytelling that have made Ben Macintyre an international bestseller, Double Cross is a captivating narrative of the spies who wove a web so intricate it ensnared Hitler’s army and carried thousands of D-Day troops across the Channel in safety.
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我向我的几个热爱悬疑小说的朋友们强力推荐了这本书,他们的反馈和我一样——震撼。这本书最成功的地方,在于它没有选择走极端路线,它没有为了追求刺激而牺牲逻辑的严谨性,也没有为了探讨深度而牺牲故事的可读性。它找到了一个完美的平衡点。人物的成长弧线非常清晰,即使是那些看似反派的角色,你也能从中看到人性的复杂和无奈。我印象最深的是作者对于“选择的代价”这一主题的反复叩问。每一次主角做出的决定,似乎都会在未来以一种意想不到的方式反噬回来,让人不禁思考:如果是我,我会做出怎样的选择?这本书不仅仅是娱乐性的阅读材料,它更像是一面镜子,映照出我们在现实生活中,面对压力和诱惑时的真实面貌。它巧妙地避开了所有常见的套路,构建了一个既熟悉又完全陌生的叙事世界,让人读完后久久不能平静,并且非常期待作者的下一部作品能够带来怎样的惊喜。
评分这本小说简直让人欲罢不能!从翻开第一页开始,我就被深深地吸引住了。作者的叙事功力简直是教科书级别的,他对人物心理的细腻描摹,简直让我感觉自己就是故事里的一员。特别是主角在面对困境时的挣扎与抉择,那种内心的冲突被刻画得淋漓尽致。你仿佛能感受到他血液里的焦虑和紧绷,那种在道德边缘徘徊的不安感。情节设置得极其巧妙,每一次看似柳暗花明的转折,背后都隐藏着更深的谜团。我特别喜欢那种层层剥开真相的感觉,每一次揭示都带来强烈的冲击。节奏的把控也恰到好处,既有让人喘不过气的紧张时刻,也有留给读者思考和回味的宁静片段。读到最后,合上书的那一刻,我甚至有些失落,仿佛刚刚结束了一段漫长而精彩的旅程。这本书的结构完整而严密,每一个伏笔都得到了恰当的回应,绝不拖泥带水,体现了作者高超的布局能力。我强烈推荐给所有热爱深度悬疑和复杂人性的读者,保证你会沉浸其中,无法自拔。这本书的价值远超其纸张和油墨本身,它更像是一次对人性和社会百态的深刻考察。
评分说实话,一开始我对这本书的期待值并没有那么高,毕竟现在市面上同类型的作品太多了,很容易让人审美疲劳。但是,这本书却出乎意料地给了我耳目一新的感觉。它的语言风格非常独特,有一种冷峻而富有诗意的质感。作者似乎总能用最简洁的词汇,勾勒出最丰富的画面感。我尤其欣赏作者对环境描写的投入,那些城市街道的阴影、雨夜的霓虹,都仿佛带着一种宿命般的色彩,烘托出故事压抑而迷离的氛围。故事线索虽然看似多头并进,但最终汇聚得非常自然,没有丝毫的牵强感。那些配角的设计也极其成功,他们每个人都有自己独立而饱满的背景故事,绝非功能性的工具人。特别是那位亦正亦邪的侦探角色,他的动机和智慧的交织,构成了全书最引人入胜的一部分。这本书不是那种让你读完后拍案叫绝的爆米花小说,它更像是一杯需要细品的浓烈黑咖啡,后劲十足,让你在合书之后,还要花很长时间去回味其中的深意和未尽之言。
评分这本书的阅读体验,用“酣畅淋漓”来形容可能还不够贴切,它更像是一场智力上的马拉松。我必须承认,有那么几段情节,我不得不停下来,回去重读一遍,以确保我没有遗漏任何一个关键的对话或场景暗示。作者非常擅长使用“留白”的艺术,他不会把所有的事情都明明白白地摆在你面前,而是给你足够的线索,让你自己去拼凑完整的画面。这种互动性,极大地增强了读者的代入感和掌控感。我个人特别喜欢书中对于“信任危机”主题的处理。在故事中,似乎所有人都戴着面具,你永远无法确定谁是真正的盟友,谁又在暗地里设下陷阱。这种持续的、低沉的紧张感,比突如其来的惊吓更令人毛骨悚然。而且,从文学性上讲,这本书的文笔干净利落,没有多余的形容词堆砌,每一个词语都像是精确计算过的子弹,直击靶心。
评分我花了将近一周的时间才读完它,主要是因为我太想把每一个细节都牢牢抓住。这本书的魅力在于它的“不可预测性”。我经常自以为已经猜到了下一步的发展,结果下一秒作者就用一个意想不到的细节狠狠地扇了我一巴掌。这种被“欺骗”的感觉,对于一个资深读者来说,反而是最大的享受。书中对于权力斗争和信息不对称的探讨,尤其深刻。它揭示了在这个信息爆炸的时代,真相是如何被精心包装和操纵的。它不仅仅是在讲述一个故事,更像是在进行一场关于“认知边界”的社会学实验。我感觉作者对这个主题进行了非常深入的研究,很多概念的引入都显得非常专业且真实可信,而非空泛的口号。阅读过程中,我不得不频繁地查阅一些背景资料,来更好地理解人物的行为逻辑,这极大地丰富了我的阅读体验。总的来说,这是一部需要你投入全部心智去解码的作品,回报也绝对是丰厚的。
评分Tangle within tangle, plot and counter-plot, ruse and treachery, cross and double-cross, true agent, false agent, double agent, gold and steel, the bomb, the dagger,and the firing party, were interwoven in many a texture so intricate as to be incredible and yet true. The book is not without weaknesses, but overall a genuine and fascinating reading.
评分最终还是看的翻译的,不如原著。原著八十多张图片,翻译过来只有四十张了。
评分Tangle within tangle, plot and counter-plot, ruse and treachery, cross and double-cross, true agent, false agent, double agent, gold and steel, the bomb, the dagger,and the firing party, were interwoven in many a texture so intricate as to be incredible and yet true. The book is not without weaknesses, but overall a genuine and fascinating reading.
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评分最终还是看的翻译的,不如原著。原著八十多张图片,翻译过来只有四十张了。
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