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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... Soon enough , he is summoned to action . He writes : 18th August 1914. In the train between Quetta and Bombay . Last night , just before going to bed , I got a note from the Comman- dant informing me I had been selected1 as a Special ...
... Soon enough , he is summoned to action . He writes : 18th August 1914. In the train between Quetta and Bombay . Last night , just before going to bed , I got a note from the Comman- dant informing me I had been selected1 as a Special ...
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... soon a lull in the firing . Keeping a sharp look - out for any chance of a shot I saw a small group of Germans peering round a house not 150 yards from me . Keep- ing well hidden , I hoped they might expose themselves more and give me a ...
... soon a lull in the firing . Keeping a sharp look - out for any chance of a shot I saw a small group of Germans peering round a house not 150 yards from me . Keep- ing well hidden , I hoped they might expose themselves more and give me a ...
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... soon lost to sight in the bush . On approaching Chala we mounted steadily and made for the summit of Kilimanjaro , soon registering 12,000 feet and reached the large grassy plateau north of the summit . We still ascended , reach- ing ...
... soon lost to sight in the bush . On approaching Chala we mounted steadily and made for the summit of Kilimanjaro , soon registering 12,000 feet and reached the large grassy plateau north of the summit . We still ascended , reach- ing ...
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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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