Traitors : history's greatest turncoats, from Judas Iscariot to the men who plotted to kill Hitler
Crofton, Ian2025
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People have betrayed their country, or their friends, for all kinds of different reasons - and often a traitor to one person is a friend to another, especially as those found guilty of treason have historically faced only one penalty - death. Betrayal for money is perhaps the most despicable level of treachery - not for nothing is the term 'Judas' applied with such contempt; others have earned the mark of treason for rebelling against established authority. The stories in 'Traitors' range from a British seaman in the Second World War who sold information to the Nazis for a pittance, to the White Rose gang's defiant campaign against Hitler; from the recusant terrorism of Guy Fawkes, to the abolitionist fury of John Brown; from the unwitting treason of Lady Jane Grey, to the deadly perfidy of Mata Hari.
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Author:
Crofton, Ian, author
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2025.
Collation:
400 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781529440010 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
364.131092364.131364.131 CROF364.131092 CRO
Language:
English
BRN:
3342232
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