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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
The Confidence Men How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History Author:Margalit Fox 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 séances for fellow prisoners. One day, an Ottoman official approaches him with a query: could Jones contact the spirits to fin... more »d 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 for their captors that will lead them to freedom.« less