The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal FraudPotomac Books Incorporated, 2007 M01 31 - 386 páginas Tall, handsome, charming Col. Richard Meinertzhagen (1878û1967) was an acclaimed British war hero, a secret agent, and a dean of international ornithology. His exploits inspired three biographies, movies have been based on his life, and a square in Jerusalem is dedicated to his memory. Meinertzhagen was trusted by Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Chaim Weizmann, David Ben Gurion, T. E. Lawrence, Elspeth Huxley, and a great many others. He bamboozled them all. Meinertzhagen was a fraud. Many of the adventures recorded in his celebrated diaries were imaginary, including a meeting with Hitler while he had a loaded pistol in his pocket, an attempt to rescue the Russian royal family in 1918, and a shoot-out with Arabs in Haifa when he was seventy years old. True, he was a key player in Middle Eastern events after World War I, and during the 1930s he represented Zionism's interests in negotiations with Germany. But he also set up Nazi front organizations in England, committed a half-century of major and costly scientific fraud, and -- oddly -- may have been innocent of many killings to which he confessed (e.g., the murder of his own polo groom -- a crime of which he cheerfully boasted, although the evidence suggests it never occurred at all). Further, he may have been guilty of at least one homicide of which he professed innocence. A compelling read about a flamboyant rogue, The Meinertzhagen Mystery shows how recorded history reflects not what happened, but what we believe happened. |
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... colonial empire . But the Ger- man " engine of moderation " had led to peace , and as a result , Germany's colonial armed force - the schutztruppe - had dwindled until it was one of the smallest in the world . In 1914 its strength in ...
... colonial empire . But the Ger- man " engine of moderation " had led to peace , and as a result , Germany's colonial armed force - the schutztruppe - had dwindled until it was one of the smallest in the world . In 1914 its strength in ...
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... Colonial Office.51 As usual the truth was more complicated - RM was hardly the only voice for Zionism , and based on its actions the British government was not at all one - sided ; it tried to remain on the fence but on various ...
... Colonial Office.51 As usual the truth was more complicated - RM was hardly the only voice for Zionism , and based on its actions the British government was not at all one - sided ; it tried to remain on the fence but on various ...
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... Colonial Secretary sent down a written cautionary note about the need to discipline the unruly RM , and the issue ... Colonial Office man , had taken it upon himself to countermand a Colonial Office directive in favor of the desires of ...
... Colonial Secretary sent down a written cautionary note about the need to discipline the unruly RM , and the issue ... Colonial Office man , had taken it upon himself to countermand a Colonial Office directive in favor of the desires of ...
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The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud Brian Garfield Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud Brian Garfield Vista de fragmentos - 2007 |
The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud Brian Garfield Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
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