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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... represented the Zionist viewpoint . Unofficially he watched and collected birds and informa- tion about wildlife . Some histories have proposed that without Meinertzhagen's intricate schemes and bold interventions during the early years ...
... represented the Zionist viewpoint . Unofficially he watched and collected birds and informa- tion about wildlife . Some histories have proposed that without Meinertzhagen's intricate schemes and bold interventions during the early years ...
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... represented the Foreign Office in Allenby's mili- tary camp . Now in 1921-1922 he was the War Office's military man in Churchill's civilian camp . Department records show that he spent much of his time in London or in the British ...
... represented the Foreign Office in Allenby's mili- tary camp . Now in 1921-1922 he was the War Office's military man in Churchill's civilian camp . Department records show that he spent much of his time in London or in the British ...
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... represented them at Sandy Wollaston's funeral several days later . The murder of Sandy Wollaston was an open - and - shut case . The mur- derer was identified without any doubt . None of this had any traceable con- nection to Richard ...
... represented them at Sandy Wollaston's funeral several days later . The murder of Sandy Wollaston was an open - and - shut case . The mur- derer was identified without any doubt . None of this had any traceable con- nection to Richard ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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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