Great Hoaxers, Artful Fakers and Cheating Charlatans

by Nigel Blundell and Sue Blackhall

Book Overview

The slogan of the successful huckster is: 'There's a sucker born every minute'. No catch phrase better describes the art of the hoaxer, faker, cheat and charlatan - a fascinatingly fraudulent assembly of whom are gathered in this book. Some are suave and charming; others have far less appealing characteristics. But every one of them displays a single-minded determination to get one over on the unwary and the unsuspecting. Among the phonies and philanderers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844680630
• ISBN13: 9781844680634
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Wharncliffe
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"