The meinertzhagen mystery the life and legend of a colossal fraud brian garfield isbn 9781597971607 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. In his biography of richard meinertzhagen rm brian garfield reveals the life of a heroic intelligence operative in wwi and wwii a dashing figure and party guest in british high society an acclaimed naturalist and bird specimen collector as well as a plagiarist thief and possible wife killer whatever were his faults rm couldnt be accused of being boring. The meinertzhagen mystery the life and legend of a colossal fraud paperback illustrated february 1 2008 by brian garfield author 42 out of 5 stars 21 ratings see all formats and editions. Meinertzhagen was a fraud many of the adventures recorded in his celebrated diaries were imaginary including a meeting with hitler while he had a loaded pistol in his pocket an attempt to rescue the russian royal family in 1918 and a shoot out with arabs in haifa when he was seventy years old true he was a key player in middle eastern events after world war i and during the 1930s he represented zionisms interests in negotiations with germany but he also set up nazi front . The meinertzhagen mystery the life and legend of a colossal fraud by grrlscientist on march 23 2007 tall handsome and charming richard meinertzhagen is sometimes known as the english spy who