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Hitler’s British Traitors: The Secret History of Spies, Saboteurs and Fifth Columnists
by Tim Tate
(Icon Books, £25)
IT’S not unheard of for terrible people to hide behind ridiculous names and Dr Leigh Francis Howell Wynne Sackville de Montgomery Vaughan-Henry is no exception.
The celebrated conductor, musician and author was a leading figure in Britain’s so-called fifth column of nazi sympathisers. A diehard fascist and violent anti-semite, his aim in the run-up to the second world war was to expedite Britain’s transformation into a fascist regime under the auspices of the Third Reich.
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