{"product_id":"9781788162722","title":"The Confidence Men : How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Fox, Margalit \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOttoman Empire\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 June 2022 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages, integrated b\/w\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 34 | 274g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during the First World War, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, cunningly join forces. To stave off boredom, Jones makes a handmade Ouija board and holds fake seances for fellow prisoners. One day, an Ottoman official approaches him with a query: could Jones contact the spirits to find a vast treasure rumoured to be buried nearby? Jones, a lawyer, and Hill, a magician, use the Ouija board - and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception-to build a trap for their captors that will lead them to freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Confidence Men is a nonfiction thriller featuring strategy, mortal danger and even high farce - and chronicles a profound but unlikely friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925330624771,"sku":"9781788162722","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781788162722_02c594d4-2d69-456a-9556-f6e2293d2004.jpg?v=1731414061","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781788162722","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}