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The Man Who Sold Nelson's Column: Dane Love follows the rising (as well as falling) fortunes of Scotland's most notorious fraudsters. In addition to big-time conmen like Arthur Furguson, who 'sold' Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament (as well as Nelson's Column), he also tells the story of countless others, like Brian MacKinnon, the thirty-year-old man who re-invented himself as a teenage schoolboy, and 'Sir' Alan McIlwraith, much decorated Army officer who in reality spent his working week in a Glasgow call centre rather than advising NATO. Featuring an astonishing variety of frauds spanning hundreds of years, The Man Who Sold Nelson's Column offers a fascinating and entertaining insight into human nature, showing how inventive--and gullible--people can be. |
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