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A Treasury of Deception: Liars, Misleaders, Hoodwinkers, and the Extraordinary True Stories of History's Greatest Hoaxes, Fakes and Frauds Audiobook
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Best-selling author Michael Farquhar is a writer and editor for The Washington Post. A Treasury of Deception is a tongue-in-cheek commemoration of those who attempted to pull off the greatest scams. Conmen, tricksters, charlatans, impostors, and downright liars seeking wealth, 15 minutes of fame, or the alleviation of blame rely upon the maxim that "there's a sucker born every minute." "A Treasury of Deception is a zestful, gossipy exposE-and celebration-of mendacity."-Booklist
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"I love Farquhar, and not just because the subliminals at the back of the book told me too. He takes history, often considered a dry and boring subject, and injects some life into it! This isn't my favorite of his books, but it's great anyway!"
— Sasha (4 out of 5 stars)
A Treasury of Deception Listener Reviews
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" Another interesting book from Michael Farquhar. I have read every one that I can get my hands on and they are all interesting bits of history and always funny. "
— Karen, 12/13/2013 -
" Oh my, how we hoodwink eachother. Still, it's good for a laugh! Keep in mind that history repeats itself!!! "
— Kimberly, 10/13/2013 -
" am still reading it, so no comment yet so far "
— keong, 9/14/2013 -
" Not nearly as niche as the monocled man on the cover would have you believe. This is not a rib-tickling compendium of turn of the century bamboozlers, it is a perfunctory review of world history that somehow manages to lump WWI and WWII under the banner of "hoaxes." I've been had! "
— flannery, 9/1/2013 -
" Great book....lot of information and facts I did not know about. "
— Isabella, 8/16/2013 -
" This book is interesting but is essentially a collection of trivia without much to hold it together other than the naughtiness of idolizing criminals a little bit. Again, would be better suited as an internet article - there's no need for this list to be bound. "
— Ariel, 6/30/2013 -
" If you had a feeling people were lying to you, this book will confirm it and let you know that they've been doing it as long as humankind was able to make a statement. "
— Les, 3/5/2013 -
" It starts off promising enough... you're like "Oooh! Historical tidbits!!" but then things get reeeeeeeeeally repetitive. And the author's voice kind of rubs me the wrong way. Too many cheesy remarks and promotions for other books. "
— Simone, 2/17/2013 -
" Interesting people we don't typically hear about; you will most likely know some of the cases. Shortish pieces good for listening to when your time might be cut up. At end are a bunch of literary deceivers which I really enjoyed. "
— Mckinley, 12/25/2012 -
" A fun little diversion. "
— Dan, 10/24/2012 -
" This is a great one for laying on the tank. The title is pretty clear, I think. If this sort of thing fascinates you as it does me (this one now holds a place on my downstairs shelf of All Things Fraudulent), this is a good little compendium. "
— Greg, 10/23/2012 -
" it doesn't keep my attention very well. I've been on and off trying to read it all month, more off then on. "
— Ashley, 7/9/2011 -
" Great, I love this series. They are fast fun and entertaining. The don't even read like non-fiction for those who don't like it. "
— Mikel, 4/4/2011 -
" Interesting people we don't typically hear about; you will most likely know some of the cases. Shortish pieces good for listening to when your time might be cut up. At end are a bunch of literary deceivers which I really enjoyed. "
— Mckinley, 12/13/2010 -
" Another interesting book from Michael Farquhar. I have read every one that I can get my hands on and they are all interesting bits of history and always funny. "
— Karen, 6/22/2010 -
" If you had a feeling people were lying to you, this book will confirm it and let you know that they've been doing it as long as humankind was able to make a statement. "
— Les, 4/21/2010 -
" Great, I love this series. They are fast fun and entertaining. The don't even read like non-fiction for those who don't like it. "
— Mikel, 8/29/2009 -
" It starts off promising enough... you're like "Oooh! Historical tidbits!!" but then things get reeeeeeeeeally repetitive. And the author's voice kind of rubs me the wrong way. Too many cheesy remarks and promotions for other books. "
— Simone, 12/29/2008 -
" Oh my, how we hoodwink eachother. Still, it's good for a laugh! Keep in mind that history repeats itself!!! "
— Kimberly, 4/9/2008 -
" This book is interesting but is essentially a collection of trivia without much to hold it together other than the naughtiness of idolizing criminals a little bit. Again, would be better suited as an internet article - there's no need for this list to be bound. "
— Ariel, 3/11/2008 -
" it doesn't keep my attention very well. I've been on and off trying to read it all month, more off then on. "
— Ashley, 8/26/2007 -
" am still reading it, so no comment yet so far "
— keong, 8/13/2007
About Michael Farquhar
Michael Farquhar is the author of three bestsellers, A Treasury of Royal Scandals, A Treasury of Great American Scandals, and A Treasury of Deception, as well as A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans. He is coauthor of The Century: History as It Happened on the Front Page of the Capital’s Newspaper. His work has been featured in a number of publications, including The Washington Post, where he was a writer and editor for ten years, specializing in history. He has appeared as a commentator on such programs as the History Channel’s Russia: Land of the Tsars and The French Revolution. He lives in Washington, DC.
About Johnny Heller
Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.