Synopsis
Explores one of the most successful hoaxes of all time from the mystical East, and why people were so easily fooled.
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Review
A great yarn (IRELAND on Sunday)
Entertaining . . . Lamont marshals the available evidence with an assured and light touch (LITERARY REVIEW)
Book Description
Narrative micro-history with a difference - a remarkable story, not about a voyage of discovery or scientific breakthough but about the unlikely birth of a legend
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