The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln (Magill’s Literary Annual 1989)
At a glance:
- Author: Bernard Wasserstein
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1879-1943
- Setting: England, Europe, North America, and China
- Principal Characters: Trebitsch Lincoln
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Politics, Crime or criminals, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, 1940’s, Betrayal, Religion, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Clergy, Espionage or spies, Fraud, Swindling or swindlers, Hungary or Hungarians, 1900’s
- Locales: Europe, England, China, North America
The astonishing thing about confidence men, when their careers are viewed from the broad perspective allowed by biography, is their ability to persist in the face of what would be to the ordinary mortal paralyzing odds. Exposed, condemned, run out of town, they nevertheless seem to rise like the phoenix from the ashes of innumerable ruined careers and convince yet one more millionaire or heiress that they possess the fire of genius. Clearly they do, but the genius of these remarkable figures lies not in their ability to perform miracles but in their charisma, their gift of inspiring...
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