Roger Cook's Greatest Conmen by Roger Cook
For more than 500 years con artists have been parting the greedy, gullible, unwary or soft-hearted from their money. From the very first recorded con - the Elizabethan-era 'Spanish Prisoner Scam' - to today's hi-tech online swindles, grifters have become ever-more inventive in their scope, scale and ambition. Their stories are remarkable - from the tale of Gregor MacGregor, the man who invented a fictional South American country, raised international loans on behalf of its 'government' and sold much of its (non-existent) land to would-be settlers in the 1820s, to Peter Foster, the king of bogus slimming 'cures' and friend of Page 3 models and a certain Prime Minister's wife.
Tate, Tim: - Tim Tate is a multi-award winning documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist, and prolific author. Over a career spanning almost forty years he has made more than eighty documentaries for all British networks and international broadcasters, and written for most national newspapers. His films have been honored by Amnesty International, the Royal Television Society, UNESCO, the International Documentary Association, the Association for International Broadcasting, the [US] National Academy of Cable Broadcasting, and the New York Festivals. He is the author of fifteen history books, including Hitler's Forgotten Children and the bestselling Slave Girl which has sold over 700,000 copies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844549580 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844549585 |
| Title | Roger Cook's Greatest Conmen |
| Author | Roger Cook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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