The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
- ISBN-10
- 1782835601
- ISBN-13
- 9781782835608
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-06-03
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Author
- Margalit Fox
Description
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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