The Formosa Fraud

by Graham Earnshaw

More than 300 years ago, Taiwan was a controversial topic in London, thanks to a stupendous fraud perpetrated by a Frenchman claiming to have been born there. He made up an entire fantasy for the island with a fake history, a fake language and long list of outrageous claims that made his book, A Description of Formosa, a publishing sensation in London in 1704. Even the Bishop of London swallowed Psalmanazar's story and invited him to teach his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 988842212X
• ISBN13: 9789888422128
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Earnshaw Books Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"