The Traitor's Emblem
First edition | |
| Author | Juan Gómez-Jurado |
|---|---|
| Original title | El emblema del traidor |
| Translator | Daniel Hahn |
| Cover artist | Alejandro Colucci |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Thriller/Mystery |
| Publisher | Plaza & Janés (Spanish) Atria (a Simon & Schuster imprint) |
Publication date | 2011 |
| Publication place | Spain |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 368pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-4391-9878-0 |
| Preceded by | The Moses Expedition |
The Traitor's Emblem (El emblema del traidor in Spanish) is a bestselling thriller novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado originally published in Spain in 2008, with the English version published in 2011. It has become an instant bestseller throughout Europe with more than a million copies sold to date, topping the bestsellers list for weeks, and is being translated into a further 45 languages. The plot is set in Munich, during the Interwar period. Led by a German orphan looking for the truth after his father death and a Jewish-American photographer, it is inspired by a true story related to the Holocaust and the rise of Nazism. Several historical personalities appear on the novel as secondary characters. The Traitor's Emblem won the prestigious Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja, being Juan Gómez-Jurado the youngest author in History in receiving this award.