{"product_id":"the-encyclopaedia-of-liars-and-deceivers","title":"The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington may never have told a lie  but he may be the only personour 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 liars 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  and forgers of artworks  design objects  archaeological finds  and documents. From false royal claims  fake dragons eggs  and bogus perpetual motion machines to rare books  mermaid skeletons  and Stradivari violins  Bolt reveals that almost everything has been forged or faked by someone at some point in history. His short  accessible narratives in each entry offer biographies and general observations on specific categories of deceit  and Bolt captures an impressive number of famous figuresincluding Albert Einstein  Cicero  Ptolemy  Ernest Hemingway  Franois Mitterand  and Marco Poloas well as people who would have remained anonymous had their duplicity not come to light.  Funny  shocking  and even awe-inspiring  the stories of deception in this catalog of shame make The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers the perfect gift for all those who enjoy a good tall taleand those people who like to tell them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986560675893,"sku":"ByrdShop_1780232713","price":50.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781780232713.jpg?v=1770909373","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-encyclopaedia-of-liars-and-deceivers","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}