Traitors : true tales of treason that changed the world
Crofton, Ian2025
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Place reservation for Traitors : true tales of treason that changed the worldPeople 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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Traitors : true tales of treason that changed the world / Ian Crofton.
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London : Quercus, 2025.London : Quercus, 2025.
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vii, 291 pages ; 20 cm
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Originally published: as Traitors and turncoats. 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529440010 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.131
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English
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2989957
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