A Sort of Traitors
1949 novel
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A Sort of Traitors is a 1949 thriller novel by the British writer Nigel Balchin. The title is taken from Shakespeare's Richard II Act 4, scene 1 "Mine eyes are full of tears, I cannot see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here."
First edition | |
| Author | Nigel Balchin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Plot
A British biological research team had spent years developing new methods of controlling epidemics. HM Government minister refuses to let them publish their findings that could benefit mankind in case a foreign power uses it for biological warfare.
Film adaptation
In 1960 it was made into a film Suspect directed by the Boulting Brothers and starring Tony Britton and Virginia Maskell.[1]
