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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History

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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History - Fox, Margalit
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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 s???ances 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 ...

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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History 2022, Random House Trade

ISBN-13: 9781984853851

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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History 2022, Profile Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781788162722

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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History 2021, Random House

ISBN-13: 9781984853844

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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History 2021, Profile Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781788162715

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