{"product_id":"operation-mincemeat-by-ben-macintyre-9781037210020","title":"Operation Mincemeat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDYSLEXIA-FRIENDLY EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NO 1. BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing . . . Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rollicking read'\u003c\/b\u003e Max Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining'\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm Gladwell, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e____________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApril, 1943:\u003c\/b\u003e a sardine fisherman spots the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and sets off a train of events that would change the course of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOperation Mincemeat\u003c\/i\u003e was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted. It hoodwinked the Nazi espionage chiefs and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different from any spy before or since: he was dead. His mission: to convince the Germans that instead of attacking Sicily, the Allied armies planned to invade Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe brainchild of an eccentric RAF officer and a brilliant Jewish barrister, the great hoax involved an extraordinary cast of characters including a famous forensic pathologist, a gold-prospector, an inventor, a beautiful secret service secretary, a submarine captain, three novelists, an irascible admiral who loved fly-fishing, and a dead Welsh tramp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of the most extraordinary deception ever planned by Churchill's spies: an outrageous lie that travelled from a Whitehall basement all the way to Hitler's desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68246002237676,"sku":"9781037210020","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781037210020-operation-mincemeat-1.jpg?v=1794783295","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/operation-mincemeat-by-ben-macintyre-9781037210020","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}