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''Whispers of Betrayal'' is a 2000 novel by Michael Dobbs that tells the third story in the Tom Goodfellowe series. It details a group of military officers who try to topple the Prime Minister. == Character list == * Tom Goodfellowe MP - Backbench MP, protagonist, offered a senior Cabinet job by Vertue at the end of the novel. * Colonel Peter Amadeus - Army Officer who wants to bring down the Prime Minister. * Jonathan Bendall MP - UK Prime Minister, resigns at the end of the book, served for 3 and a half years. Based on Tony Blair * George Vertue MP - Chancellor of the Exchequer, becomes Prime Minister after Bendall's resignation, based on Gordon Brown * Noel O. Hope MP - Was the Home Secretary, forced to resign by Bendall, initials were N.O Hope, based on Jack Straw * Gerald Earwick MP - Defence Secretary, succeeds Hope as Home Secretary, served for around a month before being forced to resign over a gay affair leaked by the plotters. Based on David Blunkett * Colonel Abel Gittings OBE - Former Signals Officer, senior Ministry of Defence official. Was Mary's commanding officer * Mary - A soldier in the Signals regiment who joins Amadeus in his plot. * Scully - A soldier who is divorced who joins Amadeus as well, dies destroying Battersea power station * McKenzie - Another plotter * Payne - Another plotter * Lord "Frankie" - Lord Chancellor, personal friend of Bendall, based on Charles Falconer. * Eddie Rankin MP - Chief Whip, knows Goodfellowe personally. Based on Nick Brown * Dame Patricia - senior civil servant, Cabinet Secretary 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whispers of Betrayal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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