TY - BOOK AU - Ireland,Josh TI - The traitors: a true story of blood, betrayal and deceit SN - 9781510098091 (pbk.) : AV - DA587 U1 - 940.5481 IRE 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Rearsby PB - Lamplight Large Print Books KW - Amery, John, KW - Joyce, William, KW - Cole, Harold, KW - Pleasants, Eric. KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Collaborationists KW - Great Britain KW - European history KW - thema KW - Large type books KW - History KW - ukslc KW - George VI, 1936-1952 N1 - Standard print edition originally published: London: John Murray, 2017 N2 - 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. Drawing on declassified MI5 files, The Traitors is the story of how they came to do so ER -