The confidence men: how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history
"Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board--and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception--to build a trap for the Turkish officers that will ultimately lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is the story of the only known con game played for a good cause--and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for "the Great War," Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic from an Australian sheep farm, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her "nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality" (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this gripping tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22"-- |
| Beschreibung: | xvi, 329 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
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Contents Author’s Note xiii Introduction xv PROLOGUE · A Wraith at the Top of the Stairs BOOK ONE 5 · DEAD MEN WALKING ONE · For King and Country 9 TWO · Besieged 19 THREE · Destination Unknown 26 FOUR · A Hundred Springs 35 book two · GHOSTS FIVE · Spooked 53 SIX · The Uses of Enchantment 72 SEVEN · The Regard of Flight 87 · In Confidence 105 · Villainous OOO 124 · The Treasure Test 159 eight nine ten eleven · The Telechronistic Ray TWELVE · Certifiable 159 170
xii ■ Contents BOOK THREE · DEMONS THIRTEEN · Two Lunatics, 500 Pounds of Butter, and a Great Deal of Flour FOURTEEN · The Mad Ward 179 194 fifteen · Near Death 209 sixteen · Persuasion 225 EPILOGUE · Afterlife 231 Acknowledgments 239 References 241 Notes 253 Index 313 |
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Contents Author’s Note xiii Introduction xv PROLOGUE · A Wraith at the Top of the Stairs BOOK ONE 5 · DEAD MEN WALKING ONE · For King and Country 9 TWO · Besieged 19 THREE · Destination Unknown 26 FOUR · A Hundred Springs 35 book two · GHOSTS FIVE · Spooked 53 SIX · The Uses of Enchantment 72 SEVEN · The Regard of Flight 87 · In Confidence 105 · Villainous OOO 124 · The Treasure Test 159 eight nine ten eleven · The Telechronistic Ray TWELVE · Certifiable 159 170
xii ■ Contents BOOK THREE · DEMONS THIRTEEN · Two Lunatics, 500 Pounds of Butter, and a Great Deal of Flour FOURTEEN · The Mad Ward 179 194 fifteen · Near Death 209 sixteen · Persuasion 225 EPILOGUE · Afterlife 231 Acknowledgments 239 References 241 Notes 253 Index 313 |
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| spelling | Fox, Margalit 1961- Verfasser (DE-588)103671182X aut The confidence men how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history Margalit Fox New York Random House [2021] xvi, 329 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Prologue: A wraith at the top of the stairs -- For king and country -- Besieged -- Destination unknown -- A hundred springs -- Spooked -- The uses of enchantment -- The regard of flight -- In confidence -- Villainous OOO -- The treasure test -- The telechronistic ray -- Certifiable -- Two lunatics, five hundred pounds of butter, and a great deal of flour -- The mad ward -- Near death -- Persuasion -- Epilogue: Afterlife "Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board--and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception--to build a trap for the Turkish officers that will ultimately lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is the story of the only known con game played for a good cause--and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for "the Great War," Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic from an Australian sheep farm, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her "nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality" (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this gripping tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22"-- Flucht (DE-588)4017598-4 gnd rswk-swf Britischer Kriegsgefangener (DE-588)4152280-1 gnd rswk-swf Erster Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079163-4 gnd rswk-swf Türkei (DE-588)4061163-2 gnd rswk-swf Jones, E. H. / (Elias Henry) / 1883-1942 Hill, C. W. / (Cedric Waters) / 1891-1975 World War, 1914-1918 / Prisoners and prisons, Turkish Escaped prisoners of war / Turkey / Biography Escaped prisoners of war / Great Britain / Biography Prisoner-of-war escapes / Turkey / History / 20th century Prisoner-of-war camps / Turkey / Yozgat (Yozgat İli) Swindlers and swindling Male friendship HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire HISTORY / Military / World War I. HISTORY / World TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Escaped prisoners of war Prisoner-of-war camps Prisoner-of-war escapes Great Britain Turkey Turkey / Yozgat (Yozgat İli) 1900-1999 Biographies History (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Türkei (DE-588)4061163-2 g Britischer Kriegsgefangener (DE-588)4152280-1 s Flucht (DE-588)4017598-4 s Erster Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079163-4 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, ebk. 978-1-984853-86-8 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032715769&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Fox, Margalit 1961- The confidence men how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history Prologue: A wraith at the top of the stairs -- For king and country -- Besieged -- Destination unknown -- A hundred springs -- Spooked -- The uses of enchantment -- The regard of flight -- In confidence -- Villainous OOO -- The treasure test -- The telechronistic ray -- Certifiable -- Two lunatics, five hundred pounds of butter, and a great deal of flour -- The mad ward -- Near death -- Persuasion -- Epilogue: Afterlife Flucht (DE-588)4017598-4 gnd Britischer Kriegsgefangener (DE-588)4152280-1 gnd Erster Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079163-4 gnd |
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