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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... knew two things about himself , and all who knew him seem to agree on these points . One was that he could not see himself falling into line as a banker ( and he certainly would have made a dreadful one ) . The other was that young Dick ...
... knew two things about himself , and all who knew him seem to agree on these points . One was that he could not see himself falling into line as a banker ( and he certainly would have made a dreadful one ) . The other was that young Dick ...
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... knew , he could be defeated . Lettow knew Germany was not going to win the World War on the plains of Africa . He did not think in terms of holding strongpoints . What mattered was that every soldier the British set against him in ...
... knew , he could be defeated . Lettow knew Germany was not going to win the World War on the plains of Africa . He did not think in terms of holding strongpoints . What mattered was that every soldier the British set against him in ...
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... knew her have described - she was very attractive , and rather boyish both of figure and of clothing . ) Dame Miriam Rothschild said , " The explanation seems to be in her sheer devotion to him . Tess simply believed what she was told ...
... knew her have described - she was very attractive , and rather boyish both of figure and of clothing . ) Dame Miriam Rothschild said , " The explanation seems to be in her sheer devotion to him . Tess simply believed what she was told ...
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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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