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Bezig met laden... The Traitors: A True Story of Blood, Betrayal and Deceitdoor Josh Ireland
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A really good character study of four men who for varying, often conflicting reasons, decided to betray their country and side with The Third Reich, leading, to terrible fates. Discussing both the roles of high profile traitors like William Joyce and John Amery, to more smaller, yet still unpleasant individuals, this is an interesting psychological and historical investigation. Recommended even for the casual reader. ( ) Having just read The Meaning of Treason by Rebecca West I was keen to read a more recent account of the British subjects who betrayed their country and worked on behalf of Nazi Germany. I was not disappointed: Josh Ireland's book, which focusses on the notorious "Lord Haw Haw" (William Joyce) and three less well known traitors does the job. The most interesting of the group was Harold Cole, who spent the war pretending to be a British agent operating in Nazi-occupied Europe, weaving his way into the confidence of the French resistance, while betraying scores of patriots to the Germans. While the two main protagonists of the book, Joyce and the infamous John Amery, son of a British cabinet minister, were hanged following trials in London, Cole was killed in a gun battle in the Paris flat where had been hiding. One of the saddest things about these stories is the fate of the women who came into the lives of these traitors. Many of them were used (the Germans would offer up local girls to lure British prisoners to sign up to the Nazi side), many others were betrayed, and some suffered the fate of falling in love with the wrong man. My one gripe about the book: the authors fails to mention West's pioneering work, which was based on her own experience watching the treason trials in Britain. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
'An epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut' Damien Lewis 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; 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. By the end of the Second World War, they will all have betrayed their country. The Traitors 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 brings in its wake. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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