The Land That Never Was
Subtitle: Sir Gregor Macgregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: January 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780306813092
Subjects: Scotland - History; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; Latin America - Central America; Modern - 19th Century; 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.