The Land That Never Was
Subtitle: Sir Gregor MacGregor And The Most Audacious Fraud In History
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: December 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780306814112
Subjects: Biography: general; Crime & criminology; Scotland - History; History; History - General History; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - Scotland; Latin America - Central America; Modern - 19th Century; Emigration & Immigration; Europe - Great Britain - General; 19th century; Biography; Central America; Emigration And Immigration; Fraud; Generals; Great Britain; Scotland
First sentence: The new year of 1823 announced itself in violent fashion with a vicious storm that battered the east coast of Britain for a fortnight.