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Rent A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes and Frauds
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: Jun 2005
Genre: History - United States
Retail Price: $16.00
Pages: 287
Synopsis
In whimsical survey of human history, the author of A Treasury of Great American Scandals looks back at some of the greatest deceptions of all times, from the forged document that the Vatican used to lay claim to much of Europe, to the authorship of Hitler's diaries, to other great con artists, imposters, scientific frauds, and more. Original.