The Traitors by Josh Ireland - ISBN: 9781473620353
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Torn loyalties, twisted ideals, and deadly betrayal during wartime.

The Traitors

A True Story of Blood, Betrayal and Deceit

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    27 March 2018

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Summary

An epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut

Playboy. Fascist. Strongman. Thief.

Traitors.

John Amery is a drunk and a fanatic, an exiled playboy whose frail body is riven by contradictions. Harold Cole is a cynical, murderous conman who desperately wants to be seen as an officer and a gentleman. Eric Pleasants is an iron-willed former wrestler; h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781473620353
ISBN-10:147362035X
Author:Josh Ireland
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:27 March 2018
Weight:180g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

Startlingly vivid … unmistakably a book of our times – Prospect Magazine

An epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut - Damien Lewis

An epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut - Damien Lewis

This debut by a ‘superb young narrative historian’ is an ‘enthralling’ look at British treachery during the Second World War - Bookseller

This debut by a ‘superb young narrative historian’ is an ‘enthralling’ look at British treachery during the Second World War - Bookseller

A terrific read that is lucid, insightful and beautifully written. Josh Ireland’s masterful prose breathes life into these complex, deceitful, yet profoundly fascinating traitors. Set against a backdrop of violent extremism and political failure, The Traitors rings a loud warning bell from history - Giles Milton

A terrific read that is lucid, insightful and beautifully written. Josh Ireland’s masterful prose breathes life into these complex, deceitful, yet profoundly fascinating traitors. Set against a backdrop of violent extremism and political failure, The Traitors rings a loud warning bell from history - Giles Milton

Josh Ireland’s achievement is to tell the story of some of Britain’s most inglorious, notorious and vainglorous characters in the most glorious and elegant way. He provides a warning for our times from this true story, painting the most vivid of pictures with the sharpest of novelist’s pens - John Bew

Josh Ireland’s achievement is to tell the story of some of Britain’s most inglorious, notorious and vainglorous characters in the most glorious and elegant way. He provides a warning for our times from this true story, painting the most vivid of pictures with the sharpest of novelist’s pens - John Bew

About The Author

Josh Ireland

Josh Ireland is a writer and editor. He lives in London and is the author of The Traitors (2017), an Observer book of the year, and Churchill & Son (2021), a Daily Telegraph book of the year. He has also ghosted a number of top-five Sunday Times bestsellers and written for the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, Spectator and the Times Literary Supplement.

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