{"product_id":"the-traitors-9781473620353","title":"The Traitors","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut'' Damien Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlayboy. Fascist. Strongman. Thief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraitors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn 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; he is also a pacifist, and will not be forced into fighting other men''s battles. William Joyce can weave spells when he talks, but his true gifts are for rage and hate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the Second World War, they will all have betrayed their country. \u003ci\u003eThe Traitors\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how they came to do so. Drawing on declassified MI5 files, it is a book about chaotic lives in turbulent times; idealism twisted out of shape; of torn consciences and abandoned loyalties; and the tragic consequences that treachery \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this clever, racy book [Josh Ireland] tells the stories of four British citizens who served Nazi Germany . . . full of energy and stylish phrase-making\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut\u003c\/b\u003e * Damien Lewis *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Traitors\u003c\/i\u003e rings a loud warning bell from history\u003c\/b\u003e * Giles Milton *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosh 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\u003c\/b\u003e * John Bew *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIreland gives a vivid account of this repellent, but fascinating, quartet\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[Ireland] comments intelligently on their motives and describes enough of their worlds and views to give us essential context\u003c\/b\u003e * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIreland's book gives a good flavour of the personality defects that caused men to betray their country . . . Ireland tells their stories entertainingly, and examines their motives without prejudice\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStartlingly vivid . . . unmistakably a book of our times\u003c\/b\u003e * Prospect Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing . . . Josh Ireland organises this testament of treachery with vim and purpose . . . he skewers his subjects with a piercing revulsion\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA well-written and very readable account of these four unappealing characters . . . this is a tough subject to get to grips with. Ireland's book is a very worthy effort\u003c\/b\u003e * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis book is timely, certainly, in raising questions about patriotic loyalty . . . Josh Ireland writes with friendly immediacy. He is a suave raconteur who gets the pace of his stories right\u003c\/b\u003e * TLS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIreland tells his four characters' stories with immense skill, to reveal their motives and lead them to inevitable ruin. In the process, he raises a question of great importance now: what is patriotism, and why should we care?\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer, Books of the Year *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49084006924631,"sku":"9781473620353","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473620353.jpg?v=1725550745","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-traitors-9781473620353","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}