Josh Ireland was born in 1981 and lives in London. After leaving York University with a masters in history he worked in publishing for eight years and is now a freelance editor and writer. The Traitors is his first book.
In this clever, racy book [Josh Ireland] tells the stories of four
British citizens who served Nazi Germany . . . full of energy and
stylish phrase-making
*The Times*
An epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and
high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut
*Damien Lewis*
A terrific read that is lucid, insightful and beautifully written.
Josh Ireland's masterful prose breathes life into these complex,
deceitful, yet profoundly fascinating traitors. Set against a
backdrop of violent extremism and political failure, The Traitors
rings a loud warning bell from history
*Giles Milton*
Josh Ireland's achievement is to tell the story of some of
Britain's most inglorious, notorious and vainglorous characters in
the most glorious and elegant way. He provides a warning for our
times from this true story, painting the most vivid of pictures
with the sharpest of novelist's pens
*John Bew*
Ireland gives a vivid account of this repellent, but fascinating,
quartet
*Daily Mail*
[Ireland] comments intelligently on their motives and describes
enough of their worlds and views to give us essential context
*The Spectator*
Ireland's book gives a good flavour of the personality defects that
caused men to betray their country . . . Ireland tells their
stories entertainingly, and examines their motives without
prejudice
*Daily Telegraph*
Startlingly vivid . . . unmistakably a book of our times
*Prospect Magazine*
Absorbing . . . Josh Ireland organises this testament of treachery
with vim and purpose . . . he skewers his subjects with a piercing
revulsion
*Mail on Sunday*
A well-written and very readable account of these four unappealing
characters . . . this is a tough subject to get to grips with.
Ireland's book is a very worthy effort
*Literary Review*
His book is timely, certainly, in raising questions about patriotic
loyalty . . . Josh Ireland writes with friendly immediacy. He is a
suave raconteur who gets the pace of his stories right
*TLS*
Ireland tells his four characters' stories with immense skill, to
reveal their motives and lead them to inevitable ruin. In the
process, he raises a question of great importance now: what is
patriotism, and why should we care?
*Observer, Books of the Year*
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