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    “Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers”
    ISBN
    9781788162128

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    '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 Winchester One 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 impostor 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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    Publisher
    Profile Books
    ISBN-13
    9781788162128
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    24046614917

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    The Professor and the Parson: a Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking
    Number of Pages
    240 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    2020
    Topic
    True Crime
    Genre
    Biographies & True Stories
    Author
    Adam Sisman
    Format
    Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    198 mm
    Item Weight
    204 g
    Item Width
    129 mm

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    United Kingdom
    Title_Author
    Adam Sisman

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