Spies!: Real People, Real Stories (Abridged) Audiobook

" A good, fast read and it is true. "

" Entertaining and eye-opening account of an unseen aspect of WWII,neatly told. "

" I really wanted to like this book. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into it. I got about halfway and the story didn't take off. I was waiting for the plot to develop, and it didn't. Too many characters and he kept referring to them by multiple names. Very confusing. "

" Cool story I was very much looking forward to after visiting Normandy last summer with a friend who recommended this book so highly. However, the writing is awful, which makes the characters and action in this nonfiction work confusing. Many true stories like this read like suspenseful fiction. This could have, but doesn't. At least it could have read like clear journalism. Not even that, unfortunately. "

" I look forward to a new Ben Maciintyre book as I find his style easy to read despite the complex subject matter. An extraordinary story well told - a cracking read. "

" During WWII, MI5 came to the remarkable realization that every German spy in England was, in fact, a British spy. With that knowledge, they began systematically feeding the Nazis the most phenomenal pack of lies, culminating in an imaginary army keeping German forces occupied at the wrong end of France on D-Day. The spies were a wacky bunch, including a chicken farmer, a playboy, and a dog fanatic who nearly blew the whole thing over her terrier. Macintyre keeps the complex plot interesting by including a wealth of human detail about the huge cast of characters. Thus, knowing the larger outcome does not detract from the smaller dramas. "

" Thus ends my slate of WWII readings for now. Unbroken was the best. "

" I don't even remember putting this book on my kindle but I read it and actually really enjoyed it. The only thing really is that I think it could have cut a whole heap of pages by not recapping who people were and what was going all the time. "

" Good book. What a way to win a war. "

" SO GOOD. So confusing. Everyone is a double agent. Some are triple agents. One might have even been a quadruple agent. It gets difficult to follow, but I learned so much, and I can't ask much more from a book. "

" Riveting account of double cross spies in WWII. Struck right balance of story telling with history. "

" Not as good as Operation Mincemeat, but still a good read. "

" Interesting, but very hard to get through "

" Look at who is all grown up and reading non-fiction. "

" loved it, so much information about world war 2 spies, and the invasion "

" Really compelling, and super easy to read, for non-fiction. "

" Very interesting. A little difficult to listen to as it's rather convoluted and has many characters to keep straight. "

" I like this book! If what is written is true, D-day owes its success, at least part of it, to these 5 double agents. Amazing. "

" The most successful spies are probably not people that you would want to be in a business deal with. But they are who you want on your side in a war. "

" A fascinating read - well researched and told at a good pace "