{"product_id":"9780008696931","title":"A Rebel and a Traitor : A Fugitive, the Manhunt and the Birth of the IRA","description":"Author(s): Carroll, Rory, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 26\/03\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Mudlark,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: c 1800 to c 1900,\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 44\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9780008696931\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A terrifically readable account of a fascinating figure’ Max Hastings, The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A gripping read’ The i Paper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A thrilling account of one of the most unpredictable, memorable and poignant figures in our history’ Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the master storyteller behind 2023’s critically acclaimed KILLING THATCHER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Rebel and a Traitor is the story of a rogue imperial consul who sought to forge a new nation in the middle of a war – and the mercurial spy chief who sought to destroy him by any means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The rogue consul was Sir Roger Casement, a decorated diplomat who turned his back on the British empire and instead joined the rising Irish cause at the turn of the 20th century. At the book’s centre is the manhunt for Casement led by intelligence officer Reginald ‘Blinker’ Hall, the legendary British spy chief who pioneered codebreaking, early mass surveillance and media manipulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As he did for the critically acclaimed Killing Thatcher, master storyteller Rory Carroll has combed diaries, letters, police reports, memoirs, court transcripts, secret service archives and declassified government files in the US, Britain, Ireland and Germany to create a page-turning history, and a story that still echoes through Anglo-Irish relations. A Rebel and a Traitor raises profound questions about honour, courage and the price of patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carroll, Rory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452158292354,"sku":"9780008696931","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9780008696931_bca13f41-6ef9-47cb-b666-9e728702d4dd.jpg?v=1775908750","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.com\/products\/9780008696931","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}