TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bolt, Roelf.
TI  - The Encyclopaedia of liars and deceivers
SN  - 9781780232713
AV  - HV 6691 .B639 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Reaktion Books
KW  - Swindlers and swindling
N1  - References and sources (pages 241-271) and index
N2  - George Washington may never have told a lie, but he may be the only person-our history is littered with liars, deceivers, fraudsters, counterfeiters, and unfaithful lovers. The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers gathers 150 of them, each entry telling the intriguing tale of the liar's motives and the people who fell for the lies. To collect these stories of deceit, Roelf Bolt travels from ancient times to the present day, documenting a huge assortment of legerdemain: infamous quacks, fraudulent scientists, crooks who committed "pseudocides" by faking their own deaths
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