Turncoat

By Brendan Murphy,

Book cover of Turncoat: The Strange Case of British Sergeant Harold Cole, the Worst Traitor of the War

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British traitor book, in good condition

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Harry Cole was a criminal who grew up in an East London slum. In 1939 and fresh out of prison he enlisted in the army, before absconding with the mess fund. As France fell, he had a shot at redemption—and having been left behind after the evacuation at Dunkirk, set about organising escape lines. His ability to outwit the enemy made him a star of the various resistance and special operations networks, but shortly after capture in 1941 he began to betray every contact he had made in France.

Murphy’s book is unlike any other wartime biography. It plays out…

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