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The Professor and the Parson

- A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking
Af: Adam Sisman Engelsk Paperback

The Professor and the Parson

- A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking
Af: Adam Sisman Engelsk Paperback
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Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction''I embarrassed myself by uncontrollable guffaws ... This is a truly wonderful story'' A. N. Wilson, Spectator ''A white-knuckle roller-coaster ride of fibs and frauds'' Sunday Telegraph ''An utterly mad, and wholly delightful story of chicanery and fantasy'' Simon WinchesterOne day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor-Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor-Roper agreed to a meeting. It was to be his first encounter with Robert Parkin Peters: plagiarist, bigamist, fraudulent priest and imposter extraordinaire. The Professor and the Parson traces the strange career of one of Britain''s most eccentric criminals. Motivated not by money but by a desire for prestige, Peters'' lied, stole and cheated his way to academic positions and religious posts from Cambridge to New York, Singapore and South Africa. Frequently deported, and even more frequently discovered, his trail of destruction included seven marriages (three of which were bigamous), an investigation by the FBI and a disastrous appearance on Mastermind. Based on Trevor-Roper''s own detailed ''file on Peters'', The Professor and the Parson is a witty and charming account of eccentricity, extraordinary narcissism and a life as wild and unlikely as any in fiction.
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Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction''I embarrassed myself by uncontrollable guffaws ... This is a truly wonderful story'' A. N. Wilson, Spectator ''A white-knuckle roller-coaster ride of fibs and frauds'' Sunday Telegraph ''An utterly mad, and wholly delightful story of chicanery and fantasy'' Simon WinchesterOne day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor-Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor-Roper agreed to a meeting. It was to be his first encounter with Robert Parkin Peters: plagiarist, bigamist, fraudulent priest and imposter extraordinaire. The Professor and the Parson traces the strange career of one of Britain''s most eccentric criminals. Motivated not by money but by a desire for prestige, Peters'' lied, stole and cheated his way to academic positions and religious posts from Cambridge to New York, Singapore and South Africa. Frequently deported, and even more frequently discovered, his trail of destruction included seven marriages (three of which were bigamous), an investigation by the FBI and a disastrous appearance on Mastermind. Based on Trevor-Roper''s own detailed ''file on Peters'', The Professor and the Parson is a witty and charming account of eccentricity, extraordinary narcissism and a life as wild and unlikely as any in fiction.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781788162128
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1788162129
Udg. Dato: 6 feb 2020
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 195mm
Forlag: Profile Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 6 feb 2020
Forfatter(e): Adam Sisman
Forfatter(e) Adam Sisman


Kategori True Crime fortællinger


ISBN-13 9781788162128


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 240


Udgave


Længde 16mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 195mm


Udg. Dato 6 feb 2020


Oplagsdato 6 feb 2020


Forlag Profile Books Ltd

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