Practice to Deceive: The Amazing Stories of Literary Forgery's Most Notorious Practitioners

by Joseph Rosenblum

Book Overview

The profiles of six literary forgers from 1700 to 1988. The profiles include William Henry Ireland, who wrote an entire play by Shakespeare; Vrain Denis Lucas, who composed letters from Plato, Cleopatra, and other historical figures in modern French; and Mark David Hoffman, who fabricated the histor

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158456010X
• ISBN13: 9781584560104
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"