A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes and Frauds

A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes and Frauds
by Michael Farquhar

A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes and Frauds
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Author: Michael Farquhar
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2005-05-31
ISBN: 0143035444
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Book Review: Readable but Imperfect
Summary: 3 Stars

I read and enjoyed the author's book on royal scandals, and I bought this one thinking it would be comparably entertaining and interesting.

Unfortunately, I must say that although the book is readable and sometimes enjoyable, it does have many weak parts, where deception is discussed in overly general terms or, conversly, where it consists of trivialities, such as the Clinton/Lewinsky episode. In addition, a person with an average culture will find no more than a few new stories. Finally, it sometimes appears as if the author aspired the book to be a compendium of all time deceptions and lies (including appendices on those told in the Bible stories and Greek myths, in the process butchering many of these and modern day American politics), which it can never be and is far from being. Instead, the author should have done more research and told stories which are less mundane, and less well known.
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Summary of A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes and Frauds

We may say that honesty is the best policy, but history?to say nothing of business, politics, and the media?suggests otherwise. In this infinitely citable book, the author of two bestselling treasuries of scandal recounts some of the greatest deceptions of all time. With what forged document did the Vatican lay claim to much of Europe? Who wrote Hitler?s diaries? Why do millions still believe the vague doggerel that Nostradamus passed off as prophecy? Organizing his material by theme (con artists, the press, military trickery, scientific fraud, imposters, great escapes, and more), Michael Farquhar takes in everything from the hoodwinking of Hitler to Vincent ?the Chin? Gigante?s thirty-year crazy act. A Treasury of Deception is a zestful, gossipy expos??and celebration?of mendacity.

A Treasury of Deception also includes:
? Ten tricksters from scripture
? Ten great liars in literature
? Ten egregious examples of modern American doublespeak
? Ten classic deceptions from Greek mythology

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