The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history
Fox, Margalit2022
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The astonishing true story of two First World War prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. 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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Author:
Fox, Margalit, author
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Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2022.©2021
Collation:
xvi, 329 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781788162722 (paperback)
Dewey class:
940.4725610922940.4725
Language:
English
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BRN:
520866