| The Traitor Contributor(s): Walters, Guy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743270150 ISBN-13: 9780743270151 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: Captured by the Nazis while on a Resistance mission to Crete, British secret agent John Lockhart is offered a choice: either lead the British Free Corps or his wife will die. As Lockhart seeks to make the most of his situation, he becomes privy to a terrible secret that could change the course of the war. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004062602 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.28" W x 8.02" (0.95 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: There was something powerful about it, something magnetic. He had witnessed the effect of such uniforms in the newsreels; now he was about to wear one. But this SS uniform -- the uniform proudly worn by so many maniacs and murderers -- bore a Union Jack...It was an insult to King and Country. In November 1943 the Nazis capture British secret agent John Lockhart while he is on a Resistance mission to German-occupied Crete. They give him a stark choice: betray his country or die. In a decision some might consider treason and moral folly, Lockhart acts out of love and strikes a bargain with his captors: in return for his wife, who is interned in a concentration camp, he will change sides. But he is stunned to learn that his mission is to lead the British Free Corps, a clandestine unit of the SS composed of British fascists and renegades culled from POW camps. Aware that he, like them, will be branded a traitor, Lockhart seeks to redeem himself by destroying a terrifying secret weapon that threatens to change the course of history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walters, Guy: - Guy Walters is a graduate of Eton and the University of London and was a journalist for The Times (London) for eight years. He lives with his family in the West Country of England. He can be found on the Web at www.guywalters.com. |