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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... Allenby's secretary , Lord Dalmeny . RM and the rough - and - ready general are comfortable with each other . They ... Allenby , Maurice Portal , and Lord William Percy.5 ( RM and " Willy " Percy's will become a lifelong friendship ...
... Allenby's secretary , Lord Dalmeny . RM and the rough - and - ready general are comfortable with each other . They ... Allenby , Maurice Portal , and Lord William Percy.5 ( RM and " Willy " Percy's will become a lifelong friendship ...
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... Allenby's back and over his head . He sent a detailed cable to Lord Curzon . It accused Allenby of failing to carry out official British policy even though RM had given him ample advance warning of the riots . Meinertzhagen's report to ...
... Allenby's back and over his head . He sent a detailed cable to Lord Curzon . It accused Allenby of failing to carry out official British policy even though RM had given him ample advance warning of the riots . Meinertzhagen's report to ...
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... Allenby's Chief - of - Staff , Guy Dawnay , sent a memorandum to Chetwode in which he con- curred with Chetwode's proposals and added his authority to the idea of attack- ing the enemy in strength at Beersheba rather than Gaza , while ...
... Allenby's Chief - of - Staff , Guy Dawnay , sent a memorandum to Chetwode in which he con- curred with Chetwode's proposals and added his authority to the idea of attack- ing the enemy in strength at Beersheba rather than Gaza , while ...
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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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