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The Century of Deception
Ian Keable
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Regional- und Ländergeschichte
Beschreibung
'Utter joy! A delicious romp through the heyday of balderdash and grand-scale deception, penned by one of the country's finest magical minds.' Derren BrownIn 1749, a newspaper advertisement appeared declaring that a man would climb inside a bottle on the stage of a London theatre. Although the crowds turned up in their hundreds to witness the trick, the performer didn't. Over the following decades, elaborate pranks would continue to bamboozle audiences across England.In The Century of Deception, magician and magic historian Ian Keable tells the engrossing stories of these eighteenth-century hoaxes and those who were duped by them. The English public were hoodwinked time and time again, swallowing whole tales of rapping ghosts, a woman who gave birth to rabbits, a levitating Frenchman in a Chinese Temple and outrageous astrological predictions. Not only were the hoaxes widely influential, drawing in celebrities such as Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Swift, they also inflamed concerns about 'English credulity'.'Fake news' and 'going viral' may be modern terms, but as this entertaining, eye-opening book shows, these concepts have been with us for centuries.'A fascinating, witty and beautifully-written book.' Matt Lucas'Ian Keable's brilliant book has opened my eyes to an incredible world of hoaxers and deceivers that I didn't know even existed. A cracking read filled with extraordinary stories.' Andy Nyman'A masterful and fascinating journey into a hitherto hidden world of history, mystery and hoaxes.' Richard Wiseman
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Mystery, Hoax, London, Derren Brown, Ian Keable, rabbit births, Eighteenth-Century England, Andy Nyman, Cock Lane Ghost, Polly Baker speech, Deception, Richard Wiseman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Toft, ghosts, satirical prints, witchcraft, Jonathan Swift, supernatural, Fake News, Matt Lucas, Mary Squires, poltergeists, Spiritualism, George Squires