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100	1		_aSisman, Adam. _979183
245	1	4	_aThe professor & the parson : _ba story of desire, deceit and defrocking / _cby Adam Sisman.
246	3		_aThe professor and the parson.
246	3	0	_aStory of desire, deceit and defrocking.
264		1	_aLondon : _bProfile Books, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019.
300			_a231 pages : _billustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aOne day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor-Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor-Roper agreed to a meeting. It was to be his first encounter with Robert Parkin Peters: plagiarist, bigamist, fraudulent priest and imposter extraordinaire. The Professor and the parson traces the strange career of one of Britain's most eccentric criminals. Motivated not by money but by a desire for prestige, Peters' lied, stole and cheated his way to academic positions and religious posts from Cambridge to New York, Singapore and South Africa. Frequently deported, and even more frequently discovered, his trail of destruction included seven marriages (three of which were bigamous), an investigation by the FBI and a disastrous appearance on Mastermind. Based on Trevor-Roper's own detailed 'file on Peters', The Professor and the parson is a witty and charming account of eccentricity, extraordinary narcissism and a life as wild and unlikely as any in fiction.
600	1	0	_aPeters, Robert Parkins. _979184
650		0	_aSwindlers and swindling. _979185
650		0	_aFraud. _972517
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