Libro The Confidence Men: How two Prisoners of war Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History De Margalit Fox

portada The Confidence Men: How two Prisoners of war Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Profile Books

Autor

Margalit Fox

Año

2021

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

352

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781788162715

The Confidence Men: How two Prisoners of war Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History

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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.