Submit a complete postal address for best results. Please enter or re-enter your location below. 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.Ī Treasury of Deception is a zestful, gossipy exposé-and celebration-of mendacity. A treasury of royal scandals : the shocking true stories of history's wickedest, weirdest, most wanton kings, queens, tsars, popes, and emperors Find a copy in the library Sorry, we don't know your location. In this infinitely citable book, the author of two bestselling treasuries of scandal recounts some of the greatest deceptions of all time. We may say that honesty is the best policy, but history-to say nothing of business, politics, and the media-suggests otherwise.
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