The Confidence Men : How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History Paperback / softback
by MARGALIT FOX
Paperback / softback
Description
Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during the First World War, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, cunningly join forces.
To stave off boredom, Jones makes a handmade Ouija board and holds fake séances for fellow prisoners.
One day, an Ottoman official approaches him with a query: could Jones contact the spirits to find a vast treasure rumoured to be buried nearby?
Jones, a lawyer, and Hill, a magician, use the Ouija board - and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception-to build a trap for their captors that will lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is a nonfiction thriller featuring strategy, mortal danger and even high farce - and chronicles a profound but unlikely friendship.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, integrated b/w
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:02/06/2022
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- ISBN:9781788162722
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, integrated b/w
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:02/06/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781788162722