Alan Judd

A step too far

The brutal murder by the IRA of the courageous Grenadier Guards officer who took one risk too many is given the fullest treatment yet in Alistair Kerr’s Betrayal

Members of the Nairac family, Maurice, Barbara and their daughter Rosamonde, after they had been presented with the George Cross in honour of their son, Robert (Photo: Getty)

  • Betrayal: The Murder of Robert Nairac GC

    Alistair Kerr

    Cambridge Academic, pp. 455

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