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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... issue by dropping a line to the Times . A moment of generosity , in setting the record straight , might have done him no harm . Now in 1956 he had another opportunity to set things right . Neate was tossing him an olive branch by ...
... issue by dropping a line to the Times . A moment of generosity , in setting the record straight , might have done him no harm . Now in 1956 he had another opportunity to set things right . Neate was tossing him an olive branch by ...
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... Issues that were debated violently- about the arrogance or the virtues of empire , about the hideous folly or the righteous need for war and slaughter - were issues he dismissed with curt truisms . Perhaps he needed to be that way ...
... Issues that were debated violently- about the arrogance or the virtues of empire , about the hideous folly or the righteous need for war and slaughter - were issues he dismissed with curt truisms . Perhaps he needed to be that way ...
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... issue , no . 2 ( April 1940 ) : 187–234 . RM's statement in the text of the article that the trip to North Africa took place in 1939 is an error ( typographical or otherwise ) . Interestingly , the latter issue also contains an obituary ...
... issue , no . 2 ( April 1940 ) : 187–234 . RM's statement in the text of the article that the trip to North Africa took place in 1939 is an error ( typographical or otherwise ) . Interestingly , the latter issue also contains an obituary ...
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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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