text A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes
- Summary
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What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
- Contents
- 1. The original Trojan horse -- What really happened at Troy? -- 2. The forgery underlying the power of medieval popes -- Constantine, Christian emperor of the Greek East and the Latin West -- 3. A letter from the mythical Prester John -- Imaginin... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xvi, 270 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.
- Publisher
- Tilbury House Publishers 2016
Library | Location | Status |
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Woodmere (Main Branch) | YA 001.9 EAT in Young Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Library | Location | Status |
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TADL-WOOD | YA 001.9 EAT in Young Adult Non-fiction | Available |