A Treasury of Deception

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

By: Michael Farquhar

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Paperback | 31 May 2005 | Edition Number 1

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We may say that honesty is the best policy, but historyato say nothing of business, politics, and the mediaasuggests 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 Hitleras 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 athe China Giganteas thirty-year crazy act. "A Treasury of Deception" is a zestful, gossipy exposA(c)aand celebrationaof mendacity.

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

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Super-dupers	p. 1
Charlatan's web	p. 3
A taste for trickery	p. 5
"Prince of humbugs"	p. 7
Unreal estate	p. 11
Imposter on a role	p. 15
CHINcanery	p. 19
All the news that's slipped to print	p. 23
What Janet cooked up	p. 25
Ben Franklin : the devil made him do it	p. 30
A poe excuse for a hoax	p. 32
The Sun promises the moon	p. 34
The hoax that roared	p. 37
Extra! : greed all about it!	p. 41
False alarm	p. 44
Mencken up history	p. 46
Khmer ruse	p. 49
Times bomb	p. 51
The wars of the ruses	p. 55
The agony of deceit	p. 57
Sun's burn	p. 59
A bridge too far?	p. 62
Stretching the troops	p. 64
Warning : smoking may be hazardous to your success	p. 67
Drowned and dirty : the man who never was	p. 69
Phantom force	p. 71
State-sponsored deceptions	p. 77
A bogus bequest	p. 79
Three kings with aces up their sleeves	p. 82
Cardinal sin	p. 88
Tricking a fight	p. 91
The lies and fraud of the Third Reich	p. 94
Elena's padded resume	p. 106
Gadhafi : dead to rights	p. 108
Red, white, and not always true	p. 110
Science fictions	p. 121
Monkey business	p. 123
Bunny tale	p. 127
Casting stones	p. 129
A hoax in perpetuity	p. 132
Diagnostic deception	p. 134
A naked lie	p. 136
Duplicity	p. 138
Fantastic forgeries and literary frauds	p. 141
Shrouding the truth	p. 143
To be ... or not to be the bard	p. 145
They just can't be etruscted	p. 148
French fraud	p. 150
A thin vermeer	p. 152
Not quite the surreal deal	p. 155
"Con man of the year"	p. 156
Fuhrer over a fraud	p. 164
Murder, ink	p. 167
The deadliest lies ever told	p. 171
The blood libel	p. 173
The protocols of the elders of Zion	p. 177
Witchcraze	p. 180
A big red lie	p. 183
What in the name of God!	p. 190
The great pretenders	p. 197
The paupers who would be prince	p. 199
Tsar struck	p. 203
Queen-wanna-be	p. 207
A school of Dauphins	p. 209
The last Tsarevna?	p. 214
Escapes hatched	p. 223
A bloody good ruse	p. 225
Cross-dressed for success	p. 227
Special delivery from bondage	p. 230
Sneak retreat	p. 232
Out of Colditz	p. 234
Gotcha!	p. 241
No shot, Sherlock : an unlikely fairy tale	p. 243
The weirdest thing you ever sawed	p. 245
Home delivery	p. 247
A ruse of one's own	p. 249
Practically indecent : Alan Abel and the siege of Troy	p. 251
Plucking pasta and pulling legs	p. 253
Painting the town purple	p. 255
Underhand pitches	p. 257
Ten tricksters from scripture	p. 259
Ten great liars in literature	p. 267
Ten classic deceptions from Greek mythology	p. 271
Ten egregious examples of modern American doublespeak	p. 281
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A Treasury of Deception

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

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