{"product_id":"a-rebel-and-a-traitor-a-fugitive-the-manhunt-and-the-birth-of-the-ira-9780008696948","title":"A Rebel and a Traitor: A Fugitive, the Manhunt and the Birth of the IRA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘[A] rich, stylish and immersive epic’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eDeeply researched and fascinating\u003c\/strong\u003e’\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘[Rory Carroll is] an exceptionally gifted storyteller’ Max Hastings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A gripping read’ \u003cem\u003eThe i Paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A thrilling account of one of the most unpredictable, memorable and poignant figures in our history’ \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e No.1 Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the master storyteller behind 2023’s critically acclaimed KILLING THATCHER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Rebel and a Traitor\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003eThe 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\u003eAs he did for the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eKilling Thatcher\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003cem\u003eA Rebel and a Traitor\u003c\/em\u003e raises profound questions about honour, courage and the price of patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780008696948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 18 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)x3.6(W)620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 620\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eRory Carroll, currently the Guardian's chief Ireland correspondent, was a 12-year-old living in Dublin at the time and remembers the scenes in the aftermath of the Brighton bombing. Rory has had a long and highly successful career as a foreign correspondent reporting from Belfast in the 1990s, London, Baghdad during and after the American invasion, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Los Angeles. In 2013 his first book, COMANDANTE: Hugo Chavez's Venezuela (Penguin Press and Canongate) was published. In 2018 he returned to Dublin and found himself spellbound by the memoirs, biographies, police reports, court records, testimonies and eyewitness accounts of a story which he had assumed was familiar but was anything but. KILLING THATCHER is born from that fascination.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘Rory Carroll’s earlier book about the attempted murder of Margaret Thatcher showed him to be an exceptionally gifted storyteller, and this book confirms his talent … A terrifically readable account of a fascinating figure’ Max Hastings, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘A gripping read’ \u003cem\u003eThe i Paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eA Rebel and a Traitor\u003c\/em\u003e takes its place beside books such as Ben Macintyre’s \u003cem\u003eA Spy Among Friends\u003c\/em\u003e and the superb \u003cem\u003eA Spy Among Traitors\u003c\/em\u003e … [It] is a rapidly paced, expert marshalling of a huge range of characters and locations, written with brio. It is a thrilling account of one of the most unpredictable, memorable and poignant figures in our history.’ \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘Carroll entwines the two parallel stories — hunted and hunter — in a pacy, effective narrative, culminating in a thrilling interrogation at Scotland Yard… Rory Carroll has found a fresh way to tell Casement’s well-established story.’ \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e'A page-turning account…as gripping as its predecessor [Killing Thatcher]. Carroll tells his story masterfully. 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