Traitors

by Michael Ridpath 2 books in this series

Traitors follows Englishman Conrad de Lancey and his German Oxford friend Theo von Hertenberg through the conspiracies surrounding Hitler’s Germany on the eve and opening months of the Second World War. Friendship, patriotism and conscience repeatedly pull them into contacts between British intelligence and German officers who believe removing Hitler may be the only way to prevent or end a wider war.

Traitor’s Gate is built around the September 1938 anti-Hitler conspiracy and the Munich crisis. Shadows of War advances to the Phoney War of 1939, drawing on the Venlo Incident and competing secret approaches for peace. The series blends espionage fiction with real political figures and documented resistance efforts while keeping Conrad and Theo’s personal loyalties at the centre.

Reading order

Books in this series (2 books)

1. Traitor’s Gate

Michael Ridpath

First published 2013

3.9(794)

Berlin, 1938. Englishman Conrad de Lancey, already hardened by the Spanish Civil War, enters a Germany transformed by the Nazi regime. After Gestapo arrest and rescue by his German Oxford friend Theo von Hertenberg, Conrad is drawn into contacts between German opponents of Hitler and British…

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2. Shadows of War

Michael Ridpath

First published 2015

4.0(289)

October 1939. Europe is at war, but the Western Front has entered the uneasy Phoney War. A year after his failed attempt against Hitler, Conrad de Lancey is sent by British intelligence back to continental Europe to test reports that German officers are preparing a coup.…

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