{"product_id":"buy-the-illusionist-the-true-story-of-the-man-who-fooled-hitler-robert-hutton-rm20260128192","title":"The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler (Robert Hutton)","description":"\u003ch1\u003e The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Author: Robert Hutton \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e About Book \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Publisher: Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Published date: 2024-04-24 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pages: 355 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e isbn: 9781474626033 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e GoodReads Rating: 4 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Condition \u0026amp; Size \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Size: Format C \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Type: Paperback \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Condition: Slight yellowing. Slight curling of some pages \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e Summary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nCairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him always ready with a drink and a story, he was a well-known figure in the local bars. If you then asked what he did, you would have less success. Those who knew didn't tell, and almost no one really knew at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClarke thought of himself as developing a new kind of weapon. Its components? Rumour, stagecraft, a sense of fun. Its target? The mind of Erwin Rommel, Hitler's greatest general. Throughout history, military commanders have sought to mislead their opponents. Dudley Clarke set out to do it on a scale no one had imagined before. Even afterwards, almost no one understood the magnitude of his achievement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on recently released documents and hugely expanding on the louche portrait of Clarke as seen in SAS: Rogue Heroes, journalist and historian Robert Hutton reveals the amazing story of Clarke's A Force, the invention of the SAS and the Commandos, and the masterful hoodwinking of the Desert Fox at the battle of El Alamein. The Illusionist tells the dazzling tale of how, at a pivotal moment in the war, British eccentricity and imagination combined to thwart the Nazis and save innumerable lives - on both sides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hutton, Robert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42628744675405,"sku":"RM20260128192","price":175.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/3856\/4685\/files\/9781474626033_20260127_111123.jpg?v=1769619496","url":"https:\/\/readmatter.co.za\/products\/buy-the-illusionist-the-true-story-of-the-man-who-fooled-hitler-robert-hutton-rm20260128192","provider":"Readmatter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}